Quentin Tarantino is a director who holds off on the action for interesting monologues, a director who isn’t afraid to get too violent, a director who makes several homages to classic films, and a director who is a self-taught filmmaker These characteristics can be seen in his latest film, a long-promised Western entitled “Django Unchained.”

In the film, a dentist-turned-bounty hunter by the name of Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), is out to kill a group of brothers for a reward. It is set in the antebellum era, a time where slavery was rampant in the Deep South. Dr. Schultz manages to buy a slave named Django Freeman (Jamie Foxx), whose help he needs in order to find these brothers, since Django knows what they look like and what they are capable of. Since Django is the first slave that Dr. Schultz has bought and freed, Dr. Schultz also helps Django’s wife to freedom, by buying her out of slavery through her plantation owner, Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). Throughout the film, Django and Dr. Schultz must be at each other’s side throughout the entire journey, so that they both may succeed with their goals.

Both the Tarantino and Western fans alike should enjoy this cinematic delight. Quentin manages to once again master the feeling of an older film while telling a story to a present day audience. The film’s washout effects, old film grain, its musical score, and even its opening and end credits, the film is reminiscent of a spaghetti western film from the 1960’s and 1970’s. The acting performances of Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson alone are award-worthy in this top notch piece of cinema gold. Tarantino also manages to once again homage and tribute classic films throughout this picture.

“Django Unchained” is a very well-made film, but it also suffers from some problems that might disappoint some of its viewers. The first being that the film has a tendency to be very slow moving at times. Some of the film’s main points take a long time to come to light. There are also some occasional moments of overdramatized effects, and they either go on for too long, or they feel unnecessary. Some of the film’s major story conflicts also get resolved too quickly or too easily. Django and Dr. Schultz should have been challenged more often. That would have made things more interesting.

Overall, “Django Unchained” is a fun cinematic experience, with interesting “old movie” effects and some great acting performances