Walton Goggins in The Hateful EightImage via The Weinstein Company
After the success of Django Unchained in 2012, Quentin Tarantino decided he wanted to make a different kind of Western. He paid tribute to the spaghetti Westerns that he so adores. However, the project hit a speed bump ahead of production when the screenplay was supposedly leaked. Tarantino briefly put the movie on the back burner but returned to it eventually, promising a big-screen event unlike anything that had been seen in the last several decades. The movie is currently streaming in the United States on Peacock, but will be removed from the platform soon. So, if you haven’t watched it in a while, you might want to rush.
We’re talking, of course, about The Hateful Eight. Combining the excesses that Tarantino is known for with the claustrophobic thrills of an Agatha Christie mystery, the movie was shot on large-format film by Tarantino’s regular cinematographer, Robert Richardson. An extended roadshow version was presented with an overture and an intermission; the theatrical version itself ran at 167 minutes long. The Hateful Eight featured regular Tarantino players such as Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, and Kurt Russell, and was released in 2015.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
Here’s How Long You Have Left to Watch ‘The Hateful Eight’ on Peacock
The reviews weren’t necessarily as ecstatic as they were for Django Unchained. That movie won Tarantino an Oscar for his screenplay, and it now holds an 87% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The Hateful Eight, on the other hand, holds a 74% score on the aggregator website, where the consensus reads, “The Hateful Eight offers another well-aimed round from Quentin Tarantino’s signature blend of action, humor, and over-the-top violence — all while demonstrating an even stronger grip on his filmmaking craft.” The movie was also not as successful at the box office as either Django Unchained or Inglourious Basterds — Tarantino’s two previous features. It grossed $160 million worldwide against a reported budget of around $60 million. It’s currently streaming on Peacock, but it’ll be removed from the platform on July 22. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
Release Date
December 25, 2015
Runtime
188 minutes
Producers
Bob Weinstein, Georgia Kacandes, Harvey Weinstein, Richard N. Gladstein, Shannon McIntosh
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