The curiosity of Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown is Robert Forster's worldly wise bail bondsman Max Cherry, the most alive character in this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch. The Academy Awards saw it the same way, giving Forster the film's only nomination. The film is more "rum" than "punch" and will certainly disappoint those who are looking for Tarantino's trademark style. This movie is a slow, decaffeinated story of six characters glued to a half million dollars brought illegally into the country. The money belongs to Ordell (Samuel L Jackson), a gunrunner... just bright enough to control his universe and do his own dirty work. His just-paroled friend--a loose term with Ordell--Louis (Robert De Niro) is just taking up space and could be interested in the money. However, his loyalties are in question between his old partner and Ordell's doped-up girl (Bridget Fonda). Certainly Fed Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) wants to arrest Ordell with the illegal money. The key is the title character, a late-40-ish flight-attendant (Pam Grier) who can pull her own weight and soon has both sides believing she's working for them. The end result is rarely in doubt, and what is left is two hours of Tarantino's expert dialogue as he moves his characters around town. Tarantino changed the race of Jackie and Ordell, a move that means little except that it allows Tarantino to heap on black culture and language, something he has a gift and passion for. He said this film is for an older audience although the language and drug use may put them off. The film is not a salute to Grier's blaxploitation films beyond the musical score. Unexpectedly the most fascinating scenes are between Grier and Forster: glowing in the limelight of their first major Hollywood film after decades of work. --Doug Thomas [show more]
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Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play A sexy flight attendant (Grier) is caught in a plot between the police and an arms dealer and everyone&39;s looking for the payoff There are six unlikely players on the trail for a big score - a half million dollars in cash But alliances are shaky when it&39;s unclear who is playing and who is getting played An all-star cast joins Grier and Forster including Samuel L Jackson Robert DeNiro Michael Keaton and Bridget Fonda in Tarantino&39;s adaptation of the novel by Elmore Leonard (310 to Yuma Out of Sight) "A Look Back at Jackie Brown"An Interview with Tarantino himselfBehind-the-Scenes interviews with the cast includingSamuel L Jackson Robert Forster Robert De Niro and Michael KeatonCritics piece assessing Jackie Brown&39;s reception at release to current-dayChicks with Guns VideoTheatrical Trailers Actors Pam Grier Samuel L Jackson Robert Forster Bridget Fonda Michael Keaton Robert De Niro Chris Tucker Lisa Gay Hamilton Tom &39;Tiny&39; Lister Jr & Denise Crosby & Sid HaigDirector Quentin TarantinoCertificate 15 years and overYear 1997Languages English
Quentin Tarantino directs this twisting homage to the black action movies of the 1970s. Air stewardess Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) also smuggles money on the side for gunrunner Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson). When she is caught with $50,000 and a consignment of cocaine, she makes a deal with Ordell: if convicted, she will not shop him as long as he pays her $100,000. Meanwhile Jackie also makes a deal with the cops, promising to help convict Ordell, and enlists the help of bail bond man Max Cherry (Oscar-nominated Robert Forster) in a daring attempt to outwit both the police and Ordell.
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