In Case You Missed It #5: Django Unchained Review
This is the segment where I talk about movies pre-2015 that may have escaped the public consciousness in recent years. I'm Logan Tyler Smith, and this is In Case You Missed It. In “Django Unchained”, a slave in the Antebellum South named Django is freed by a german bounty hunter in order to find a bounty. Once the bounty is found, Django and the bounty hunter team up to free Django’s wife from a sadistic plantation owner. This, however, will prove a more difficult task than initially expected. Django is one of those rare director-driven films that makes it to the mainstream. Written and directed by fan-favorite director Quentin Tarantino, this movie works on many levels. Some of the ways the film works include having witty dialogue, powerful performances, and a solid cast. Despite the film’s rocky subject matter and place in history, the film also makes you think in a matter-of-fact way about slavery’s role in America’s past. Some of the ways the slaves are treated throughou