Review of The Hateful Eight (2015) by Justin M — 01 May 2016

This movie was more of a nostalgia piece for me. All of the actors worked off one another quite well and no one overly outweighed anyone else. This movie will conjure up old memories of these actors from their previous works.

Jennifer Jason Leigh and Walton Goggins gave the most surprising performances of all. Granted they were given some of the most memorable lines of the movie to work with. The scenes involving Kurt Russell and Michael Madsen were my personal favorites.

These scenes created the most intense moments of suspense and mystery for me, due to Madsen being the one fellow whose backstory I felt most obviously was a lie from the word go. Tie in some fantastic cinematography, great dialogue, and racially charged undertones and you've got yourself a very entertaining and artful movie.

The ending succeeds in conveying to the audience that no matter how prolific racism can be, humanity has the ability to put it aside in the face of an adverse situation that can threaten anyone, regardless of race.