Jackie Brown

 Jackie Brown 1997

• Director: Quentin Tarantino
• Seen by this director: nearly everything
• Based on the book by Leonard Elmore
• Cast: Pam Grier, Samuel L Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Michael Bowen
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Pam Grier – Mars Attacks!
• Samuel L Jackson – Glass, The Hateful Eight, The 51^st State, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Django Unchained, Jumper, 1408, Star Wars, Kill Bill, Changing Lanes, The Red Violin, Jackie Brown, The Long Kiss Goodnight, True Romance, Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, Jungle Fever, Mo’ Better Blues, Sea of Love, Do the Right Thing
• Robert Forster – The Descendants, Human Nature
• Bridget Fonda – A Simple Plan, The Godfather III
• Michael Keaton – Much Ado about Nothing, Batman, Beetlejuice
• Robert De Niro – Joker, Joy, The Silver Lining Playbook, Stardust, Fifteen Minutes, Flawless, Great Expectations, Copland, Marvin’s Room, Frankenstein, Awakenings, Stanley & Iris, Brazil, Deer Hunter, 1900, Hi Mom
• Michael Bowen - Breaking Bad, Django Unchained, Kill Bill 1&2, Lost
• Why? Tarantino
• Seen: Once before. Now 4 September 2022      

       Ordell (Jackson) is a wise-ass, big-talking sexist gun dealer with a long ponytail. Louis (De Niro) who just did four years for a bank robbery is hired by Ordell. Jackie Brown (Grier) is a flight attendant with a background, now working a rotten job and supplementing her income by laundering money for Ordell.

       Then she’s caught and a complex intrigue of set-ups and betrayals begins.

       It’s more subtle and less violent than most of Tarantino’s films. Less violent is good, more subtle, well, it’s a little too complex and frankly it drags a bit. It could be half an hour shorter.

       Still, it’s Tarantino and Jackson is being Jackson multiplied. Pam Grier is perfect for the part. 

3 ½ * of 5