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The Hateful Eight

Play trailer 2:19 Poster for The Hateful Eight R Released Dec 30, 2015 2h 48m Western Play Trailer Watchlist
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While racing toward the town of Red Rock in post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunter John "The Hangman" Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive prisoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh) encounter another bounty hunter (Samuel L. Jackson) and a man who claims to be a sheriff. Hoping to find shelter from a blizzard, the group travels to a stagecoach stopover located on a mountain pass. Greeted there by four strangers, the eight travelers soon learn that they may not make it to their destination after all.
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The Hateful Eight offers another well-aimed round from Quentin Tarantino's signature blend of action, humor, and over-the-top violence -- all while demonstrating an even stronger grip on his filmmaking craft.

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Adam Nayman Cinema Scope The Hateful Eight may really be sort of terrible. Sep 28, 2017 Full Review Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online While it's not his best film (it's far too long and indulgent at times), Tarantino absorbs the audience into a scene, compelling you to look at each and every inch of it--indicative of many vintage films (his usual film playground). Rated: B+ Sep 1, 2017 Full Review Claudia Puig The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) The Hateful Eight often feels more like a sadistic stage play than a movie. [Full review in Japanese] Rated: 2.5/4 Dec 19, 2016 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Tarantino's newest film doesn't know when to quit. It just goes and dies, literally and figuratively. Rated: 2/5 Oct 17, 2024 Full Review John Brhel Vague Visages When looking at Tarantino's filmography, The Hateful Eight doesn't hold a candle to works like 'Pulp Fiction' or 'Kill Bill,' but it's an entertaining film nonetheless — if you don't mind the runtime. Jun 5, 2023 Full Review Josh Parham Next Best Picture [Tarantino] manages to strike the delicate balance of keeping the intimacy of a stage while still infusing the material with enough cinematic flourishes to keep it from feeling too constrained. Rated: 9/10 May 27, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steven M. I am not a fan of this movie. Easily the worst Tarantino film of all-time! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/29/21 Full Review Audience Member Sin duda una película atrapante. Me gustó el giro que le dió a los demás personajes y el estilo en la que cuenta la historia. Ahi nadie es bueno ni malo. Denle una oportunidad. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/25/25 Full Review will l I wonder if after growing up watching the godfather and the dear hunter and 2001 and apocalypse now and chinatown and taxi driver if I may be the only person to have actually seen a good movie. Because this is not good but it still gets positive reviews. I do worry that the standards of movies has sunk so low we may not actually see a great movie again. It's just pathetic. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/09/25 Full Review Blu B A Western Classic Tarintino Style. This is masterfully edited and combines the western with a Whodunit murder mystery. The editing evokes Pulp Fiction style out of order nonlinear storytelling just not as much as that. The secret here also is despite having 8-12 characters at any given time it always keeps them together and never feels jumpy at all because of it. Incredibly focused and this is how you do a big amount of characters with depth to all of them. Everything else is really good. Tarintino's direction is exceptional as always with first rate camerawork and framing. The setting is super memorable and most of the characters are really interesting and fun. Easily the best part is just watching these gonoz like larger than life personalities clash and you can feel it building up the whole way. That being said this is really slow the entire way and it never really ramps up despite having lots of gore and action. It's very slow burn even with that. Sometimes it feels like it drags out a bit also particulary in the second half with masterful dialouge which if it was anyone else would never be able to get away with it like Tarintino does. Some characters like Madsen and the other gang members are kind of forgettable and not that particulary fleshed out. So when we do see the villians and even with a good twist it still would have helped to have a better villian or ensemble. Despite that the other characters make up for it, direction, and script is just so good. Anyone who is a fan of the director, any actors in this, Whodunit's or westerns should give this a try. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/08/25 Full Review Jeffrey R The first half is my favorite, the whole ride up to the haberdashery was fantastic. Quentin truly knows how to write dialogue. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/07/25 Full Review Pete S I really do not understand this website, you've got critics that give this 1 star but then give Kung Fu Panda 4 a 5* rating. Do they not understand this movie? Do they not like complex movies? To me this is one of QT's best movies, you have the in depth discovery of all the characters, the gory action we all love about QT's movies and the suspense of whats going to happen next. The Hateful Eight is a massively underrated from the great direction to the unbelievably fantastic acting. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/28/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis While racing toward the town of Red Rock in post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunter John "The Hangman" Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive prisoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh) encounter another bounty hunter (Samuel L. Jackson) and a man who claims to be a sheriff. Hoping to find shelter from a blizzard, the group travels to a stagecoach stopover located on a mountain pass. Greeted there by four strangers, the eight travelers soon learn that they may not make it to their destination after all.
Director
Quentin Tarantino
Producer
Richard N. Gladstein, Stacey Sher, Shannon McIntosh
Screenwriter
Quentin Tarantino
Distributor
Weinstein Co.
Production Co
A Band Apart
Rating
R (Some Graphic Nudity|Language|Strong Bloody Violence|Violent Sexual Content)
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 30, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$54.1M
Runtime
2h 48m
Sound Mix
Datasat, Dolby
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