{"id":6976,"date":"2025-08-01T02:24:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T06:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=6976"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:42:14","slug":"django-unchained-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=6976","title":{"rendered":"Django Unchained-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Django Unchained-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Quentin Tarantino<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top 250 Films #116<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #699<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed November 26, 2017<\/p>\n

Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quentin Tarantino, the brilliant filmmaker, can do very little wrong in my opinion, and he releases yet another masterpiece with 2012’s Django Unchained, a western story centering around the delicate subject matter of slavery.<\/p>\n

Like several other talented directors’ stories, the main focus here is a revenge-driven tale with plenty of bloody scenes and stylistic ferociousness, making Django Unchained yet another masterpiece in the Tarantino collection.<\/p>\n

Certainly not for the faint of heart, the film will please fans of film creativity and artistic achievement.<\/p>\n

As with many Tarantino films, a stellar cast is used, and each actor is cast to perfection- it seems almost every actor in Hollywood is dying to appear in the director’s films.<\/p>\n

This time, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Samuel L. Jackson are the lucky ones, all featured in prominent roles- not surprisingly, the acting is top-notch.<\/p>\n

An interesting fact to note is that whoever appears in a Tarantino film seems to be having the time of their lives- what creative freedom and interesting material to experience.<\/p>\n

A comparable director to Tarantino, in terms of recruiting fine actors, is Robert Altman, who was also tremendously popular with talent.<\/p>\n

The saga begins with clear Western flair as Django Freeman (Foxx) is led through the scorching heat of Texas with a group of other enslaved Black people, presumably to be sold by their abusive white captors.<\/p>\n

The time is 1858, and the abolition of slavery has not yet occurred; the Civil War is still two years away.<\/p>\n

Doctor King Schultz (Waltz), a former dentist and current bounty hunter, is on a mission to find and kill the Brittle brothers and realizes Django can help him find them.<\/p>\n

To complicate matters, Django has been separated from his wife Broomhilda (Washington) and vows to find her and avenge her abductors.<\/p>\n

As circumstances lead Schultz and Django to a vast Tennessee estate, the duo becomes business partners and friends. The race to rescue Broomhilda takes the pair to sunny (and equally hot) Mississippi- the home of vicious Calvin Candie (DiCaprio) and his dreaded “Candyland”.<\/p>\n

The crackling heat and atmospheric nature of Django Unchained, combined with the revenge theme, make the film an immeasurable success.<\/p>\n

An ode to spaghetti westerns of yesteryear, the film incorporates similar music and grit so that the result is a modernized version of those films, with lots more blood and violence.<\/p>\n

Slavery is a tough subject matter to tackle, especially when members of the Ku Klux Klan are featured, but Tarantino does so effortlessly. As Django takes revenge on his tormentors, the audience gets a lot of satisfaction.<\/p>\n

The indignities and downright abuse that several black characters suffer can be quite tough to sit through.<\/p>\n

The climactic dinner scene in Mississippi is splendid and the film’s best sequence.<\/p>\n

Schultz and Django dine with Calvin at his spectacular mansion. Calvin’s sinister and loyal house slave (Jackson) suspects a devious plan is about to be hatched, and a vicious shoot-out erupts between the parties involved.<\/p>\n

The ingenious, drawn-out sequence is a cat-and-mouse affair, with all the characters tiptoeing around the others for fear of being revealed as imposters.<\/p>\n

The scene is exceptional in its craft as we watch the characters dine on delectable food and drink, all the while motivations bubble under the surface.<\/p>\n

Django Unchained is not for film-goers seeking either a linear story or a mainstream piece of blockbuster movie-making-Tarantino is not a typical Hollywood guy.<\/p>\n

The film is exceptionally crafted and constructed a challenge the viewer to endure what some of the characters (specifically Django and Broomhilda) are made to go through.<\/p>\n

This discomfort and horror make the inevitable revenge all the sweeter and more satisfying.<\/p>\n

Quentin Tarantino has created masterpiece after masterpiece throughout his filmography.<\/p>\n

Proudly, I can herald 2012’s Django Unchained as one of the director’s finest and will be remembered for decades to come for challenging, provoking thought, and satisfying legions of his fans.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations: 2 wins-<\/strong>Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor-Christoph Waltz (won)<\/strong>, Best Original Screenplay (won)<\/strong>, Best Sound Editing, Best Cinematography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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