Assignment 17 - Victor Allison

Being a half-hearted fan of the somewhat sadistic visionary Quentin Tarantino, I found this movie to be spectacularly decent. This film, set in Wyoming and filmed in Colorado, did an alright job at keeping the viewer in mild suspense and had a fairly gripping plot. Its cast was excellent, and I regard the movie as one of the best westerns of recent years, yet I would have been more satisfied if the director had chosen to use a more scrambled up, nonlinear plot line which he usually does, and maybe less unnecessary executions, however exciting they may be. Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russel performed decently, the snowy setting was an interesting contrast from traditional spaghetti westerns, and the idea of a cabin full of killers that share little trust provides for a tense atmosphere that is similar to that of the film Into the White, in which 2 nazis and 2 British pilots are forced to spend a week in a cabin together in a snowstorm. However, with these redeeming qualities, the movie still did not nearly approach the pedestal that Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, or Inglorious Basterds sit upon. In conclusion: meh.

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