Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Wordiezett So much average

Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!

Anssi Vartiainen All these Quentin Tarantino rip-offs simply make me appreciate his original films all the much more. Because obviously his particular style is not easy to pull off, seeing that these imitators keep failing. And failing spectacularly, at that.Case in point, Sukiyaki Western Django, a spaghetti western homage, starring an all-Asian cast yet taking place in the Wild West, specifically in Nevada. And, featuring a cameo by Tarantino himself, the only Caucasian dude in the whole movie. The reason it fails? It tries to be too much like a Quentin Tarantino film. It has an extreme case of style over substance, is filled with meaningless dialogues that don't connect with the plot in any way, has action scenes filled to the brim with gore, splatter and over the top stunts, cares more about looking cool than explaining any of its logic and is at its heart a big, nostalgic softie for the bygone days of film making. Unfortunately, here the mixture doesn't work and the whole film feels hollow and empty, instead of meaningful and revolutionary like most Tarantino films do.One of the reasons for this is simply the fact that the actors are nowhere near talented enough to pull off the nonchalant attitude needed to sell the premise. I can see that they would probably be fine in any other film, but here their talents are simply not enough. The other reason is the writing, which is riddled with spaghetti western clichés and conventions. And yeah, it's an homage, of course it has clichés. But the thing is, an homage still needs to do something new with the clichés, just like any other film. Either that, or it needs to be absolutely sure that it uses the clichés correctly and in a non-boring manner. Which this movie does not.Still, the film has its upsides. The action scenes are enjoyable, especially the final fight sequence, though once again I'm annoyed that the final confrontation is between two dudes despite the fact that the proposed toughest badass in the whole film is a lady. The said final battle also looks really good, although the rest of the film suffers from serious colour balance problems. But, the overall style and art design is solid, the actors try their best and the soundtrack has some really good moments.Personally I think that Sukiyaki Western Django tries too hard. It would have been a better film if wasn't trying to imitate Tarantino's style so heavily, though the fact that it did is understandable because the man himself was involved with the project. Nevertheless, if you're a die-hard fan of the so called Tarantino approved films, you should check this one out. If you're not, there are better films out there.

Dan Ashley (DanLives1980) Welcome to the twisted mind of one of Japan's greatest ever directors. Try not to notice Quentin Tarantino's chin invading everything that has his name on it recently, this man is responsible for everything Tarantino wishes he'd thought of while he wastes his time recreating WWII history or labelling films, that have no slashing or horrifying, slasher horrors! Sukiyaki Western Django is a tribute of sorts to original spaghetti western, Django, but also an original in its own right. When a mysterious young gunman walks into a small town in the desert, he is faced with the factions of two opposing houses; the Reds and the Whites. They are at war with each other and have been since immediately after they split from the same bunch.The Whites are ruled by a zen but cold-hearted sword brandishing leader and the Reds by a crass gun-slinging pirate-like slob leader. Standing between the bitter rivals are an aging ex-outlaw woman named Bloody Benton and a helpless Sheriff who's so extremely schizophrenic that he frequently has physical fights with himself.By choosing to stay in town and causing rumours to spread the gunman triggers the war they've all been waiting for, unleashing all the rage and uncovering their true agendas as he reveals his own; vengeance! The film goes much deeper than I can explain without spoiling it but what makes this film such a gem is that it was aimed at English speaking audiences, making its Japanese cast speak solely English; a language which they were clearly not familiar with. It makes the frequent comedy scenes between the tragedy and bitterness so much more enjoyable and gives the film that exploitation cinema feel that people have been raging about the past five years without even trying. Basically because it is exploiting itself.Quentin Tarantino has a role in the film as Bloody Benton's decrepit ex-love interest, which is both amusing yet also irritating. Tarantino's gift to film, as we've known a long time.Apart from this, the film manages to seem quite genuine despite it's efforts to be the complete opposite, sometimes switching between real locations and purposely cheap and tacky theatrical sets. What we have here is a feature length parody western that mixes up as much as it can to remain fresh and hard to second-guess as possible as it veers from methodical storytelling into eccentric, surreal and absurd comic book lunacy.If you could watch Machete, Hobo with a Shotgun and Old Boy, this is next on your list!

montanakid87 I've read a couple reviews on this movie and I have to disagree with ALL the ones that claim this movie is a remake of the original Django. It isn't at all! I own the original. If anything, this is a tribute/prequel to the Italian classic.Look, if you're into spaghetti westerns then you can probably appreciate this movie... with a grain of salt. It's NOT a spaghetti, but it's done in a some-what, similar humorous way. It's not really a western, but not really a "kung-fu" movie, either. It is a fun action movie with some dark humor moments. Kinda like a Corbucci movie. There's also plenty of dialogue, just like a Tarantino movie.It's worth watching if you're into Corbucci and/or Tarantino movies. It isn't great, but it isn't bad. As for the language... I wouldn't worry about it. If you like watching old kung-fu movies with English voice over, it makes this even more entertaining, in my opinion. You have to keep in mind that this a tribute to both old Italian Westerns and Kung-fu movies, both of which were known to have English voice over. Even if they had English speaking people in them.

mmushrm Reading some of the reviews, I am surprise that others are confused as to the story. It is basically a samurai movie made as a Japanese western with Japanese cowboys instead of samurais. The story is almost the same as Yojimbo/A Fistfull of dollars. Stranger comes into town and gets the 2 opposing gangs to start killing each other. The difference being he has a sidekick in the kick ass Bloody Benten (female gunslinger). I think what makes everyone go "huh?" is its rather confusing opening with Quentin Tarantino and also the dialogue in heavily Japanese accented and enunciated English. It is rather jarring and does distract from the story. However if you have watched enough undubbed samurai movies you will be familiar with the style and delivery of the dialogue so the distraction goes away. The movie is nothing original but based on it simply being a gunfight movie its not bad.