Django: Unchained (2012) Movie Review

DJANGO: UNCHAINED (2012) MOVIE REVIEW

Quentin Tarantino has done it again. Even though he has only made a handful of movies, everyone of them seem to turn into a classic and often win many awards. His latest film, Django: Unchained, will undeniably go down as one of his best. 

Django: Unchained is actually a remake of the 1966 classic, Django. In this interpretation of the classic, a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) is rewarded his freedom by a bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Christopher Waltz) posing as a travelling dentist. The reason he requires Django assistance is because Django knows the whereabouts of three run-of-the-muck outlaws are known as 'The Brittle Brothers'. Django then says that he is also looking for his wife (Kerry Washington) who is now owned by a Mississippi plantation owner known as Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). Learning this, the Dr. says that he will help Django rescue his wife once him and Django 'take care' of the Brittle Brothers. With no choice, Django accepts and thus, their long and blood soaked journey commences. 

The thing that really sets Django apart from other movies in it's genre is that this movie, not once, seems to take itself to seriously. This is expressed by making quite intense and disturbing scenes have a dark sense of humour to them. The action in this movie is phenomenal  every gun fight that occurs never becomes stale or repetitive but instead makes me want more shoot-outs  As mentioned before, Django also sets itself apart by having a dark sense of humour to it by making jokes that would come off as offensive and racist, but this is what Tarantino is obviously known for, which is why he has become one of the greatest directors in Hollywood as he isn't afraid to take it too far.

Acting wise, not one actor was bad, each character great or small pulled their part. The actors that really stood apart in this movie were actually Christopher Waltz who did a near-perfect job as Django's associate and managed to attain himself an Oscar win for Best Supporting Actor. Mentions also have to go to the main protagonists in the movie, Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie and Samuel L. Jackson as Stephen, Calvin's 'right hand man'. Putting these two phenomenal actors on screen can make for some really intense and funny scenes, which thankfully works to Tarantino's advantage here. 

As for the screenplay and writing, the script was without a doubt the best one I have heard this year as each actor managed to read their lines perfectly and emphasise the words and how they are supposed to be interpreted. The score in Django was great as at the beginning, it started off with the traditional theme from the 1966 version, but towards the end it picked up the pace and added some rap and hip hop from this generation, which fitted perfectly and really matched the final showdown. 

Django: Unchained will most likely go down as Tarantino's greatest achievements film and as for what I though of it, it is his best movie to date and no one is sure how he will beat Django: Unchained. But he will find a way. 

RATING: 9/10