Jackie Brown
Tarantino’s ode to Blaxploitation cinema and the most underrated film in his catalogue.
Jackie Brown supplements her meagre income as a stewardess by smuggling cash into the U.S. for gunrunner Ordell Robbie – until the day an ATF agent and an L.A. cop bust her at the airport. The cops pressure her to help them bring down Ordell, threatening prison if she refuses. With a sympathetic bail bondsman, Jackie arrives at a bold plan to play the opposing forces against each other. Matters are complicated by Ordell’s confederates, Louis Gara and Melanie Ralston who have agendas of their own.
Quentin Tarantino, USA, 1997, 154 min. English spoken, without subtitles.
With Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro.