| The Hateful Eight | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Quentin Tarantino |
| Written by | Quentin Tarantino |
| Produced by | Richard N. Gladstein Shannon McIntosh Stacey Sher |
| Starring | Samuel L. Jackson Kurt Russell Jennifer Jason Leigh Walton Goggins Demián Bichir Tim Roth Michael Madsen Bruce Dern James Parks Channing Tatum |
| Cinematography | Robert Richardson |
| Edited by | Fred Raskin |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production companies | FilmColony Shiny Penny[1] |
| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company[1] |
Release date | December 7, 2015 (2015-12-07) |
Running time | 168 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States[1] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $44[2]–54 million[3] |
| Box office | $155.8 million[2] |
The Hateful Eight is a 2015 Americanwesternthriller movie written and directed byQuentin Tarantino. It is about eight violent people who, during ablizzard, meet in ainn and learn they may have reasons to fight each other.
Bounty hunters Marquis Warren and John Ruth agree to travel together. Ruth has aprisoner, Daisy Domergue, who will die when he turns her in. Along the way, they agree to let formerConfederate Chris Mannix travel with them, but they do not believe his story that he is the newsheriff. During ablizzard, they stop at aninn. There, they find several more people, including ConfederateGeneral Sandy Smithers,cowboy Joe Gage, andexecutioner Oswaldo Mobray. Bob, a worker, says the inn's owner is traveling. Warren and Ruth do not trust anyone and take all their guns. Warren, who fought for theUnion Army, kills Smithers after saying that he also killed Smithers' son. Gage secretlypoisons Ruth and his friend, O.B. Jackson. As Ruth dies, Domergue shoots and kills him with his own gun. Bob, Gage, and Mobray admit that they are part of Domergue'sgang. Warren and Mannix agree to help each other, and they kill everyone but Domergue. Jody, Domergue's brother, comes out of hiding and seriously injures Warren. After Jody dies, Domergue says she will let Mannix go if he kills Warren. Mannix considers her offer but rejects it. Mannix and Warren kill her but they both die from blood loss.
OnRotten Tomatoes, 75% of the 296 reviews are positive.[4]
