WAR MOVIE XXI CENTURY
DJANGO UNCHAINED (USA 2013) Quentin Tarantino
Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo Di Caprio, Samuel L. Jackson
In Texas 1858, the Speck brothers, Ace and Dicky, drive a group of black slaves on foot. Among the shackled slaves is Django, sold off and separated from his wife, Broomhilda von Shaft. The Speck brothers are stopped by Dr. King Schultz, a German dentist-turned-bounty hunter from Düsseldorf, who asks to buy one of the slaves. When he questions Django about his knowledge of the Brittle brothers, a group of outlaws for whom Schultz is carrying a warrant, Ace becomes irritated and threateningly aims his shotgun at Schultz. Schultz, a superior gunslinger, immediately kills Ace with a Fast draw.
LAWLESS (USA 2012) John Hillcoat
Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Shia LaBeouf, Mia Wasikowska
In 1931, the Bondurant brothers—Forrest, Howard and Jack—are running a successful moonshine business in Franklin County, in the Virginia Piedmont region. After selling several crates of moonshine to an African-American wake-party, they are accosted and threatened by a group of men in an attempt to rob them but Forrest effortlessly knocks the leader of the group to the ground with a single punch with a knuckle-duster, leaving the man lying on the ground semi-conscious and spitting out bits of teeth and blood. They use their gas station and restaurant as a front for their illegal activities, and their friend Cricket Pate assists them in their endeavors.
TRUE GRIT (USA 2010) Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Hailee Steinfeld
Mattie Ross, the narrator, explains that her father was murdered by Tom Chaney when she was 14 years old. While collecting her father's body in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Mattie asks the local sheriff about the search for Chaney. Chaney has fled with Ned "Lucky" Pepper and his gang into Indian Territory, where the sheriff has no authority, she inquires about hiring a Deputy U.S. Marshal. The sheriff gives three recommendations, and Mattie chooses Rooster Cogburn. Cogburn rebuffs her offer, not believing she has the money to hire him. She raises the money by aggressively horse-trading with Colonel Stonehill.