Django Unchained - Limited Edition Steelbook Blu-ray

I saw the trailers at the time and I do like stories about slaves getting one up on their situation and coming out on top but I never had time to get along to see it. I now wish I had made the effort! It's an absolutely superb film!Essentially a German bounty hunter sunddenly comes out of nowhere, releases a group of slaves and takes one of them, the titular hero, along with him as the bounty hunter has to try to find someone to collect on. Django makes a deal to help the bounty hunter so long as the bounty hunter agrees to help Django find his wife, still held captive on a plantation in Mississipi.There are some stunning performances from all concerned, the story has the usual wicked sense of humour that all Tarrantino films have but in this case the seriousness of the subject matter of slavery is respected and Tarrantino doesn't overdo it. The part with the KKK and their bags is obviously taking a serious dig at the stupidity of white supremicists and it's absolutely hilarious.The best part has to be as Django and Schultz enter the the lair of Mr Candie, a dyed-in-the-wool white supremicist, racist psychopath. Samuel Jackson as the "uncle tom" character, servile and lickspittle to DiCaprio's Candie is brilliant, you just instantly hate Jackson's character and you get the feeling Jackson loves every minute of it knowing everyone will hate his character.DiCaprio puts in a wonderful performance as the utterly vile Mr Candie, a prententious racist slave owner and there's a rather nasty undercurrent of incest hinted at in his rather overenthusiastic affection for his sister, as if DiCaprio's character wasn't vile enough!The stars of the show are definietly Foxx and Waltz, the character's affection one another's well being really comes out and you truly believe they care deeply about each other, the arrangement isn't just one of convinience, not something you can just write in a script and hope it works, it takes a special kind of actor to make it come to life.I loved every minute of this film and I can't wait to watch it again and start looking for the little things I missed the first time through.

A very hard film to review. For the obvious reasons. When it first came out most people (including me) lauded it. Now of course in light of the Weinstein scandal and BLM movement it becomes slightly uneasy viewing. I have watched every one of Tarantino's films numerous times, and rank this only after Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and The Hateful Eight. I like his films. But questions about his relationship with Harvey Weinstein remain. And this film will forever have the stigma of Harvey's production overshadowing it. Which is a shame because it's an easy film to watch again and again. Especially if you are a western fan which I am. You dont get many black comedy (dark and twisted) westerns. In fact you dont get many westerns full stop these days. Tarantino is obsessed with exploitation cinema and tries to recreate it. And generally succeeds. Should it be parodied? That's another question. This film is grotesque and gratuitous, rarely subtle, and probably will never get a sequel, despite being a commercial success. But you have to look at a film based on performance and the feeling it evokes in the audience. And here you have a super cast delivering very good performances in what is an exhilarating film with some very funny scenes and dialogue. Although not being American, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall in some of those cinemas in the more southern states...

I have to say this is easily Quentin Tarantino’s best film. It is full-fat violence, themes, screenplay, technical and casting. It is a shocking, sickening depiction of slavery as it rightfully should be. The Black hero-vigilante Django played by Jamie Foxx is a masterful performance, beating Franco Nero’s (who also appears in this version) original portrayal of the character.There are certain things taken from John Jakes’ famous North & South series which Tarantino has obviously seen and loved, and some deserve a mention, for example, Leonardo Di Caprio’s bloody hand with the planter family ring is a near copy of the scene with David Carradine’s bloody hand with the ring (who would later star in Kill Bill). Di Caprio’s performance is nearly identical to both Swayze’s and Carradine’s depiction of the Old Southern Gentleman.An aged Lewis Smith appears Django Unchained, he brandishes his beloved Bowie knife as a little nod to the North & South television series, the knife is central to his character.Don Johnson who appears in John Jakes’ The Rebels as part of the planter aristocracy almost reprises the same role as “Big Daddy” in Django Unchained.

I am not usually a fan of Quentin T (and he acts in this & proves to me his talent is better placed in directing) but secretly love the wilful bloodshed his films bring. There's not as much in this one perhaps, but its enough of a signature & does add to the intensity of the story. I enjoy Jamie Foxx as an actor & he is brilliant in his role. Leonardo is completely awesome - a character so despicable you admire his arrogance! And the wonderful, truly mixed-up Dr. And with a German twist, some love interest (not of the usual vein, I hasten to add) this film is AWESOME. Loved, loved, loved this film. So glad I bought it, as I will watch it again.

Django Unchained is one of my favourite movies of all time. Foxx gives an electric performance as slave turned free man Django, who teams up with Dr King Schultz, played by Christophe Waltz, to hunt down criminals in a bid to find his wife, to whom he was separated from many years ago. This movie is packed with action and emotion, possibly Tarentino's best movie!

What a lovely film. A little like a fairytale slavery movies. I adored it. They should do animated slavery Disney animations or African princess too. The other cultures have already been noticed and explored.That black girl could have been me in America. I swear.But the django hes a black Prince charming I adored it. ❤️