The film starts off with a small convoy, of male slaves, in the American South, being driven by the Speck Brothers, Ace and Dicky. Among the chained slaves is Django (Jamie Foxx), sold off and separated from his wife, Broomhilda. As night approaches, the convoy comes to a hault, due to a noise brewing in the distant. In comes Dr. King Schultz (Christopher Waltz), a German dentist, who looks to "parlay" with the Speck Brothers.
Tempers soon flare as the brothers become impatient with Schultz and raise guns at him. Then and there, Schultz shoots one of them and shoots the others horse on to his self as his leg breaks. Little did they know, Schultz is a hired bounty hunter. He interrogates Django as to the identity of the Brittle Brothers (the ones Schultz is looking for), and when he finds out that he can identify them, offers Django his freedom in exchange for help tracking them down. Django agrees and they ride off together leaving the other slaves to do what they want with the injured Speck.
Django and Schultz rest at a bar in Daughtery, Texas. There, Schultz explains to Django what he actually does and from there on in, teaches him the art of bounty hunting. Schultz is shown as a non-racist, who is against the concept of slavery. Both of them come to an agreement to find the Brittle brothers.
After brutally murdering the Brittle brothers, Django partners with Schultz through the Winter. Schultz gives Django his freedom and as Django is his first slave that he freed, he feels responsible for Django and is driven to help him in his quest to rescue Broomhilda.Django, now fully trained, collects his first bounty. The pair travel to Mississippi, and Schultz uncovers the identity of Broomhilda's owner, Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the alternately charming but brutal owner of Candyland, a plantation where slaves are forced to fight to the death in matches called "Mandingo fights".
Schultz expects Candie will not entertain offers for Broomhilda if they are forthright with their request, so they devise a plan by which they will purchase one of Candie's prized fighters for a "ridiculous offer", obtain Broomhilda as an accessory to the fighter, then disappear before the deal is done. Schultz and Django meet Candie and propose this offer to him. Their Candie finally says the words they were waiting for "You had my curiousity, now you have my attention".
Candie invites them to Candyland. At the plantation, Broomhilda is secretly debriefed on the plan, and during dinner, Schultz moves to the next step by offering to purchase Broomhilda with Candie's fighter.
While everyone is at dinner, Stephen (Samuel L Jackson) notices that Broomhilda and Django may have known each other (due to the intriguing smiles exchanged between those two). He expresses his concerns to Candie and tells him that the purchase of the Mandingo fighter is a distraction and an enraged Candie extorts the bounty hunters with Broomhilda's life for
the complete bid amount. Schultz yields, and after the money is paid and
the paperwork signed, Candie demands a handshake from Schultz to
finalize the deal. Schultz, disgusted and mentally tired, kills Candie
with a concealed gun.
In retaliation, Candie's right hand and body guard Butch Pooch (James Remar) kills Schultz before either Broomhilda or Django can react. A massive battle erupts in the mansion and Django kills many, including Pooch, but is forced to surrender when Broomhilda is taken hostage at gunpoint by Billy Crash (Walton Goggins).
The next morning, Django, hanging inverted from a rafter completely naked, is kicked awake. Crash approaches with a red-hot knife to castrate him, but Stephen interrupts at the last moment and states that Django has been sold to a mine, where he will be worked to death.
En route to the mine, Django proves to his escorts that he is a bounty hunter by showing them the handbill from his first kill as evidence, then tricks them into believing there is a very large bounty on a man back at Candyland and they will get a massive cut if Django is released. The moment the captors free and arm him, he shoots the group, takes their dynamite and rides back to Candyland to save his wife.
When the entirety of Candie's entourage return from his funeral, Django
reveals himself. In the final shootout, everyone is gunned down except
for Stephen, who has both knees disabled. Django and Broomhilda watch from a distance as the mansion, filled with dynamite, explodes, then ride off into the night.
The movie shows amazing dialogue, mixed with violence and funny one-liners. Waltz and Foxx act immaculately well with each other. Their facial expressions are just precision instruments, which express the emotions they are meant to show beautifully. Amazing compositions also keeps the audience the interested.
The spats between Django and Stephen is absolutely hilarious as well as thrilling.
Every actor/actress play their respective roles terrifically. There is just one unexplained fact that why James Remar appears as two different characters? The only explanation would be that they are just identical, but with no relation.
RATING SYSTEM
Performance 9.5/10
Direction 9.5/10
Story/Script 9/10
Action 9/10
Action 9/10
Music/Soundtrack 9.5/10
Cinematography 9.5/10
Cinematography 9.5/10
Rating : Awesome! Amazing! Fantastic!
