The Hateful Eight written and directed by Quentin Tarantino stars Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Walton Goggins, and Bruce Dern.

Quick Summary: Kurt Russell plays bounty hunter that captures Jennifer Jason Leigh's character and is on his way to turn her in and watch her hang. A blizzard is approaching and while Russell and Leigh are heading to shelter they are stopped by Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson's character is a bounty hunter as well and asks Russell for a ride to shelter; after consideration and finding out that they knew of each other Russell allowed Jackson onto his stage coach. They also pick up the new sheriff of the town where they are headed to; they allow him onto the stage coach as well. They reach a Haberdashery where they are to wait out the blizzard. There are 4 men already there and Russell makes it clear to them that Leigh is his prisoner and he will kill anyone who tries to help her or take her for their own. As the movie moves along someone poisons the coffee and kills Russell and the stage coach driver. Jackson ends up killing the older man there (played by Bruce Dern) because he fought for the Confederate army during the Civil War. Jackson lines up the rest of the men against a wall, except for the sheriff (played by Walton Goggins) and tries to figure out who poisoned the coffee. Jackson kills one of the men and Goggins shoots Tim Roth and gets shot in the leg. It is revealed who poisoned the coffee and Leigh's brother (played by Channing Tatum) is hiding under a door beneath the floor boards where Jackson is standing; Tatum shoots him in the groin. Tatum is forced to come out from beneath the floor boards and is instantly shot in the head. Leigh reveals that her brother was the leader of the gang that she and the men in the Haberdashery were in. Laugh tries to get the sheriff by letting her go or else the rest of her brothers gang will kill him. All of the men are die except for Jackson and Goggins who string up Leigh and hang her until she dies in honor of Russell who wanted to see her hung for her crimes. It is left open as to whether or not Jackson and Goggins die of blood loss.

Review: This movie has been on of my favorite to come out this year. The writing is brilliant and the story line is just complex enough to hold the audience without seeming as if the movie is longer than it is. I really wanted to see the movie in the 70 mm screen it was filmed in. The cinematography was stunning and the camera shots and angles added so much to the movie. Each actor played their character so well and made them their own without being outlandish. Jennifer Jason Leigh held her own as the only female lead. Tarantino is notorious for having violence, gore, and blood in all of his movies and The Hateful Eight does not disappoint. The first half of the movie is propelled by dialogue the second half, however, is where all the violence and blood comes in and takes over the rest of the movie.

Tarantino's eighth movie lived up to the hype and was visually stunning. His use of older actors was in the best interest of the movie and their performances were nothing short of spectacular. I highly recommend this movie to anyone interested in seeing it.