The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson. It follows Jamie Foxx as a freed slave who works with a bounty hunter* to fight the slave owners who captured his wife.

    The film is exactly what you might expect from the fearless, controversial* director of “Pulp Fiction” — Quentin Tarantino. It’s long, shocking, grim and exaggerated*. It is also bold, original*, stylish and entertaining.

    Set in the south of the United States two years before the Civil War, Foxx plays Django, a slave whose brutal* history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of* the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty.

    The unorthodox* Schultz gets Django to help him with a promise to free him when they catch the Brittles — dead or alive. When Django is freed, the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the south’s most wanted criminals with Django by his side.

    Practicing hunting skills, Django is focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago.

    Django and Schultz’s search finally leads them to Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the landlord of “Candyland,” an infamous* plantation where slaves are trained by Ace Woody (Kurt Russell) to battle each other for sport.

    Exploring plantation under false pretenses*, Django and Schultz catch the attention of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s trusted house slave.

    Their moves are marked, and a group of people are closing in on* them. If Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose between independence and solidarity, between sacrifice and survival.(SD-Agencies)