
“The Hateful Eight” Review: All Words and Pointless Action
Over his twenty-plus year career, Quentin Tarantino has established himself as the director to seek if you enjoy watching the brutalization of women. In The Hateful Eight, no fewer than a dozen times does the audience witness its female lead punched, pistol-whipped, beaten, and blood-spattered, mostly for comedic effect. The saving grace of these moments (and the film at large) is Jennifer Jason Leigh’s feverish charisma, which progressively focuses your attention on her fear