Django Unchained (2012) – 8.4/10
Chains break in Django Unchained, a 2012 Western with an 8.4/10 IMDb rating, released December 25 via The Weinstein Company and Columbia. Quentin Tarantino directs this $100 million revenge tale, starring Jamie Foxx as Django, a freed slave hunting with Christoph Waltz’s Dr. Schultz. Shot in Wyoming’s snowy peaks, the 165-minute bloodbath—plantation shootouts, dynamite blasts—swaggers with a Tarantino soundtrack. Leonardo DiCaprio’s Candie leers, Kerry Washington’s Broomhilda waits, Samuel L. Jackson’s Stephen betrays.
An 87% Rotten Tomatoes score and $425 million gross won Waltz an Oscar—X cheers “Django’s gun!” Tarantino’s Inglourious vibe—slavery’s end in gore—peaks in a fiery raid. Foxx’s steel and Waltz’s charm hook. Over 7 million Netflix streams by 2024 and a Blu-ray (April 16, 2013) with “Django’s Roots” extras blaze—National Film Registry 2023. Stream it on Netflix for a bold, bloody romp—Django unchained reigns free.