“The Hateful Eight” is one of Quentin Tarantino’s most divisive films.
It also has one of the highest body counts in Tarantino’s filmography.
The movie feels more like a stage play in its tight focus on a group of nasty characters trapped in a cabin during a deadly blizzard.
While transporting murderer Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to be lynched, bounty hunter (played by Kurt Russell) meets four other travelers — some with ulterior motives — in the warmth of Minnie’s Haberdashery.
Intense verbal sparring, psychological torture, and bloody shootouts ensue during their confinement.
The ensemble’s selfishness and deception is revolting.Tarantino explores the racial tensions of post-Civil War America with a razor-sharp nihilism…The post The Big Gamble Quentin Tarantino Took in Making The Hateful Eight appeared first on /Film.
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