Plot:
The man is walking through the mud. He's dragging a coffin behind him. We get to hear the cool Django theme song. I never knew that the west was so muddy...With
the time he's making hauling the coffin, it's extremely light or he has super-strength.
A group of Mexicans are tying a woman up to a bridge. Going to give her a taste of the lash. Django is watching all of this unfold. Suddenly, a group wearing red
scarves and bandanas kill the Mexicans. They untie the woman. Things are starting to look up for her. Well, the Reds decide it's better to burn her to death than
beat her. I never really thought about outlaw groups with colors. I think it was just coincidental.
The guys see Django hauling the coffin. It turns out Django was a Yankee still wearing his uniform, and he has the belief that women shouldn't be burnt alive. Pretty
revolutionary thinking....He manages to outshoot all of them, killing them. We learn the woman's name is Maria.
The town is made up of rundown buildings and with muddy streets. The biggest industry in town is the bar which is the exact opposite of lively or having
customers. Most of the saloon girls have had better decades. Maria, Django, and his ever present coffin arrive in town and head for the local hot spot. Django
wants a room for Maria who is pretty shell-shocked by the day's events. No one in the bar seems friendly, either.
Maria looks around the room. Django gets a meal. The bartender explains about the Mexican bandits and Major Jackson and his men. One of the saloon girls tries
to start a conversation with him. He tells her that somebody is in the coffin and his name is Django. A man haunted by his past. check...
Brother Jonathan comes by to pick up the bar's protection money. The saloon girl that talked with Django goes up to the room she's letting Maria stay in to get
another dress. Major Jackson is coming to town soon. We learn Maria ran away from Jackson to the Mexicans and ran away from them, too...
Finally, we get our first view of Major Jackson. And he doesn't seem to improve from that point. He lets Mexican peasants out of a corral and lets them run for the hills. All the
while he's taking potshots at them. It is a long way from fair with Jackson being an expert with a rifle. Well, Jackson is evil with a capital "drowning a sack of
kittens" evil. Brother Jonathan tells Jackson about a mysterious stranger in town, Django. All of Jackson's crew wear some red. From scarves, bandanas, to red
masks. And the masks have surprising look of the KKK mask, too. Well, Jackson has demonstrated his dislike for people that are Caucasian and easy to bully.
The saloon girl that went to Maria's room tells her to stay out of sight. Jackson and his gang head into the bar. It turns out that the bartender is short on his protection
money. One of Jackson's men wants a saloon girl that doesn't reciprocate. And, Django's controversial views on women are demonstrated once more. Django,
while playing solitaire, tells him to leave her alone. Jackson starts talking to Django about a man that shot his men earlier. A man escaping with a woman. As
Jackson's men are all around Django, Django manages to kill them all except Jackson. Django asks Jackson how many men he has left. Jackson tells him 48 and is
told to bring them all the next day. Jackson leaves. Django heads upstairs and tells the bartender to clean up but not touch the coffin.
We don't know what's in it. But, it has to be important....
Django heads upstairs to Maria's room to get a blanket and leave. Maria thanks him for saving her. They embrace. I think that we can safely imply sweet lovin' does
ensue.
The next day, Django drags his coffin outside into the street behind a fallen tree and is waiting for Jackson and his men. The bartender asks him letting Jackson
live. How can he fight all those men? Django has all the help he needs, being mysterious. The bartender then asks why he doesn’t run. Django just gets quiet
sitting on the fallen tree. The bartender heads back inside afraid Jackson will kill them all.
Jackson and his men ride into town. Django hunches beneath the tree. The red mask men are coming out of the woodwork, walking through the mud. We even see
one of the red mask men carrying a burning cross. Django opens the coffin reaches inside as the men come closer. Django pulls out a machine gun and mows down
Jackson's men. Who needs a 6 shooter when you have a 600 shooter? Those that aren't killed high-tail it out of town. Django puts the machine gun back into the
coffin. It's hard to really grasp a western where the hero pulls out a machine gun and hoses down the bad guys with bullets.
Bartender is amazed at what has just happened. The street littered with corpses of Django's victims. The bartender asks if Jackson is alive. Django thinks his time
hasn't come yet. They start burying the bodies. Django stands a grave. Django's significant other girlfriend or wife was killed by Jackson while Django was away.
Brother Jonathan, who wasn't killed in the earlier gunfight, starts preaching that Maria is evil. Some of the saloon girls are angry that there are no more men
and actually blame Maria. Others argue that point. So to settle all disputes, they start catfighting on the muddy street.
The Mexican bandits are heading into town. As soon as the saloon girls hear that, they quit fighting. The Mexicans head for the bar. Apparently, the only thing in
the town that is open is the bar. The Mexicans surround Brother Jonathan and accuse him of spying for Jackson. So they cut an ear off, make him eat his
severed ear, and tell him to get out away, Jonathan running away is shot in the back. Something I should mention, Tarentino loves stealing from old movies. Ear
cutting scene in "Django." Ear cutting scene in "Reservoir Dogs."
Django and the bartender are finished in the graveyard. A group of the Mexicans want to bring them to see the General. And, surprise, the General knows
Django. Django claims he brought Maria back to him. The General wants to know how Django managed to eliminate Jackson's men. Django demonstrates
the power of the machine gun. Needless to say, the General is impressed. With a few machine guns, the General could triumphantly return to Mexico. Django
offers to sell them and offers to help them get the money to buy them. A nearby fort is full of gold. The bartender takes a load of girls up to the fort. Django's
plan is to steal the gold.
The wagon shows up at the fort. All of the soldiers are pretty happy to see it. Suddenly, Django, the General, and the General's men starting shooting. The soldiers
are surprised and are also hampered by a blazing machine gun. They get the gold and get out of the fort and manage to get across the border. The soldiers won't
cross the border.
The wagon returns triumphantly to town. The General has the money to return to Mexico and probably take over the country. Django just wants his cut and to
leave. General offers Django more gold and a commission in his army which Django refuses. General locks up the gold in a building that is guarded. They'll settle
up in the morning.
A guy in the bar is hitting on Maria who only has eyes for Django. The General keeps the man from getting out of hand. Django starts fighting the guy. This
could be the only bar fight in history that has 2 guys fighting and nobody interferes. General offers Maria to Django who refuses her and takes another girl. As
the girl undresses, Django sneaks out with the coffin. Nobody notices Django using the coffin as a bridge to get over to another building from the bar. He
makes it to the ground and lowers the coffin into a well. Django manages to sneak into the building with the gold. He loads the coffin with gold and sets
the machine gun to shoot at the door and sets some dynamite. When the dynamite goes off, it scares the horses. The guards open the door and killed by the
machine gun. Everyone who rushes through the door is mowed down by the machine gun. Django hauls a coffin filled with gold unto a wagon and is about to
escape. But, she's caught by Maria who wants to leave with him.
Django and Maria ride off into the night. General vows to get Django. Django and Maria are approximately where they met at the beginning of the movie. Django
wants to go to the next town. He has to finish off Jackson because he's trapped by the past. The coffin slips from the wagon and falls into quicksand. Django goes
after it and getscaught by the quicksand, too. Maria manages to try to pull him up but is shot. The Mexicans pull Django from the quicksand demanding the
gold. Django tells them it's in the quicksand. They are pretty civil about losing the gold. They beat and ride their horses over Django's hands, breaking them. The
General doesn't want to kill him, leaves Django for Jackson to kill.
The General decides to head back to Mexico. Jackson and the Mexican soldiers from the fort with the stolen gold are hiding along the pass. They plan to ambush the
General and his men and ambush they do. It looks like none of the General's men survive the fire-fight.
In the town with no name, the bartender is going to leave. Django manages to carry Maria into the bar. He wants the bartender to help hide Maria who apparently
was shot in the shoulder. Maria wants Django to run. Django wants to kill Jackson and start a new life with Maria. With broken hands, Django will kill
Jackson. The bartender has to tell Jackson the Django is waiting for him in the cemetery.
Jackson's crew trudges into town. Jackson is escorted by his red masked bodyguards. The bartender gives Jackson the message and is promptly killed. Luckily, they
don't find Maria is hiding.
In the cemetery, Django furiously working trying to work the trigger guard loose from a gun with his mouth. He tries to get the gun set up when Jackson
arrives. Jackson is approaching and, Django isn't ready. Jackson wants Django to make his last request, keeps shooting close to Django. Django manages to shoot
Jackson and his men.
As the theme songs plays again, Django walks out of the cemetery. He leaves the gun behind. Hopefully, Django's past is finally buried and he can live again.
