IMDb plot summary: In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.
Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Walton Goggins.
So this is supposed to be an old timey western, but it mostly reminds me of a (much) more bloody version of an Agatha Christie novel. Several characters, all locked together in one location, each with their own secrets that slowly get exposed over the course of the story... even a long monologue from the lead about who most likely committed the crime. It doesn't have quite as much Tarantinoesque dialogue as some of his other movies, but it feels like his version of a fun bottle episode old timey murder mystery. Significantly more interesting than his last western.
3.5 stars.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Hateful Eight > Another Thin Man
The Hateful Eight < The Front
The Hateful Eight > Men in Black
The Hateful Eight > Auntie Mame
The Hateful Eight < Oscar
The Hateful Eight < The Great Mouse Detective
The Hateful Eight > Before Sunset
The Hateful Eight > The Hidden Fortress
The Hateful Eight > Ant-Man
The Hateful Eight > The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The Hateful Eight > Blazing Saddles
Final spot: #822 out of 2767.
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