The Hateful 8 Analysis

“The Hateful Eight” is a western written by famous writer and director Quentin Tarantino taking place 4 to 12 years after the Civil War. The script begins by showing a black union soldier known as Major Marquis Warren riding on a horse in an effort to get three dead bodies to the town of Red Rock where he can exchange them for a bounty. As snow pours down it becomes apparent there is a blizzard coming, Warren hurries only to find a carriage coming along, he hurries to the rider and asks if he can come in as he realizes he won’t be able to make it to Red Rock through a blizzard. The rider informs him that the people inside the carriage have paid him handsomely for a private ride and to ask them if he may join. As Warren pulls up to the side he is met with a gun. Inside the carriage is a hefty man known as John Ruth, a fellow bounty hunter, who is also transporting a bounty to Red Rock to collect, only John Ruth’s bounty is alive. Daisy Domergue is a wanted fugitive for murder and gang activity. Ruth

Warren calls Mannix to him and gives him a gun, trusting him because he came close to drinking the coffee. Warren shoots bob immediately because he determines that Bob killed Minnie and her employees. Gage admits he poisoned and killed Ruth and O.B. but before Warren or Mannix can do anything, Warren is shot from an unknown attacker beneath the floor. Mobray draws a hidden gun and shoots Mannix, who quickly returns fire, wounding both and trapping Gage against the wall. The script calls for a flashback where it is revealed that Gage, Bob, Mobray, and a man known as Jody Domingre arrived at the inn earlier that day and shot everyone. Realizing Smithers was still alive, they tell him their plan to free Domergue, co-head of and keep him alive to make themselves more convincing. After getting rid of all evidence and hiding weapons, they assume normal