The film is set in the period after the end of the Civil War and when the Mexican War was about to begin, the federal government did not establish a sound court system, and needed to use civil forces to maintain law and order in remote towns. Bounty hunters, such relying on Government bounty as a group of income, the unified feature is arrogance and stubbornness, foul-mouthed, and no regard for human life: because the dead are easier to transport and the cost of care for the dead is higher. At this moment, two heterogeneous bounty hunters meet: a bounty hunter "hanger" John Ruth (Kurt Russell) who transports death row prisoners alive and a black bounty hunter Ma Major Quess Warren ((Samuel L. Jackson).
The puzzle game of the film starts now: Old John to his prey, a female prisoner who does not ask for life and death worth a bounty of $10,000. Daisy Dormorgue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is extra cautious and suspicious of anyone else, while the three criminals Quentin captured through Major Warren are worth less than an inconspicuous one. The valuable money from the female criminals aroused the audience's appetite as medicine, but never explained it, and the care attitude of the female criminals and disbelief in others also made the audience feel the role of Old John. : Violent violence.
On the way to Red Rock Town to collect the bonus, he encounters the new sheriff Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins) who is in trouble because of the blizzard. Old John, who doubts everything, must Don't take this troublesome passenger, or your bounty will go unpaid. The conversation that followed led to a second foreshadowing: racial conflict, the sheriff's father was a Southern slave owner and a Confederate in the Civil War. The generals who slaughtered blacks specifically, while Major Warren was a cavalry captain under Lincoln of the Union Army during the Civil War, and also slaughtered southern soldiers.
The blizzard became wilder and they had to find a place to hide from the blizzard for the night. Minnie's grocery store became their only choice. However, when they arrived, they found that the owner and the receptionist were no longer there, leaving only the groom and the inside of the store. The three guests who avoided the snow and the alert two bounty hunters immediately discovered various suspicious points: Old John was sure that someone would rob his female prisoner, and Major Warren was sure that the store was lying, so the two sides became alert. So the Dragon Inn camp in the United States took shape: one camp is the escort, the other is the interceptor, and in this film, there is no neutral swing lineup, only the two sides collide hard, making the film more powerful and rigid. At the same time, there is also a huge puzzle, who is the real interceptor, which stimulates the viewer's hormone secretion and curiosity. In the process of this game, Quentin also adhered to the personal qualities of a racist. Like the rescued Django, he humiliated the white murderer: a famous tough general in the south, a butcher in the black population, Years later to collect his son's body, and yet your son is a cowardly, incompetent coward who ended up blowing a black man (Major Warren) to keep him alive, and himself an extremely cowardly being - lost the refuge of privilege, these bitches A bunch of cowards and idiots!
Although the two of them worked together to collect other people's weapons, they still did not stand up to the conspiracy of the female criminal accomplice: Old John and his driver OB were poisoned by their accomplices, spit blood, and left the new sheriff (he claimed that ) and Major Warren to find out what was going on.
Too many spoilers will no longer be carried out, and the performance of the actors is almost divine. This kind of long and provocative lines full of modifiers is really not something that ordinary actors can control, although the performance of the lines is still Woody Allen. It is even more powerful, but the actors of this film did not disappoint: they were directly facing the camera, they were not forced to get rid of the interference of the camera at all, and the exaggerated expressions were reasonable enough to make people terrified of them. talent.
Like the previous films, Quentin's famous violent aesthetics is once again perfectly reflected. The blood spurting out after drinking poisonous coffee is exaggerated, but at the same time, it feels so reasonable that it will not let you jump out of the film, you in front of the screen again. Panic and cool: this film is so wild that it feels so fake it feels real.
In addition, Old John is a rude barbarian, but he has his own values and justice, and he has his own devout beliefs: the prisoner must be handed over to the hangman to be hanged to be regarded as the completeness of the law. If you betray my trust in you, even with an innocuous affirmation, I'd be furious.
The last thing I want to say is that I am willing to give full marks to the whole film, but in general this is really the feeling of a big stage play. It can be seen that the actors have had special manipulations and rehearsals. So that everyone's movement seems extremely natural, and the movie has the feeling of a stage play. I don't know if I can say Quentin, you are too hard.
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