Sentences with phrase «sadistic slave owner»

Chiwetel Ejiofor, who embodies the perfect blend of strength and forced passivity as Solomon Northup, was already attached, as were Michael Fassbender as sadistic slave owner Edwin Epps and Brad Pitt as abolitionist Bass.

While revenge narratives are often highly problematic in the way they represent certain aspects of society as deserving a violent death, Tarantino creates revenge narratives against characters that nobody in their right mind would sympathise with — Nazis in Inglourious Basterds and now sadistic slave owners in Django Unchained.

After that it's a clash of wills and a study in resilience, with the filmmakers careful to balance the sadistic slave owners with more sympathetic ones.

Not exact matches

Smith was originally rumored to be considering playing the character of Django, a slave who embarks with Schultz on a mission to free Django's wife, who is working as a slave in the house of sadistic plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).

«Django Unchained «Synopsis: A freed slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) teams up with a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to track down his wife (Kerry Washington) and liberate her from her plantation owners led by the sadistic Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).

The film stars Jamie Foxx as Django, an escaped slave who goes to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington) from sadistic plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) by teaming up with bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz).