Quentin Tarantino's films are an acquired taste. His eccentric style and use of exaggerated violence are a turn off for some. I can understand that. For those who enjoy his work, and I am one, his films are fascinating in their structure and development, occasionally engrossing.
'Django Unchained' begins in 1850s United States with two bounty hunters, one a white man, the other a freed black slave, who deal summarily with their targets. This opening is the prelude to the real story which turns out to be a riff on the traditional Norse mythology of an imprisoned Brunhilde being rescued by her enamoured Siegfried.
Only Tarantino would deliver this mythological tale in the style of 1970s spaghetti westerns and pull it off.
Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx are outstanding as the bounty hunters well supported by Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L Jackson in the key supporting roles.
I was more engrossed by 'Inglourious Basterds' but 'Django Unchanged' is pretty good.
★★★★
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