"One hundred Nazi scalps!"

Rating: 9/10 (30 July 2018)

Inglorious Bastards is a surprisingly funny, original, and fresh take on World War II.
Quentin Tarrantino has my everlasting respect as a director after he made Pulp Fiction, and no one else could've done a better job with this movie.
Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) has a mission:
To kill as many Nazis as he possibly can.
For this purpose, he has recruited a small group of soldiers-turned-assassins (later dubbed the Basterds by the Germans), to carry out his plan.
Among this group of incredibly effective (and unlikely) warriors is Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger), murderer of thirteen members of the Gestapo Police before being imprisoned, and rescued by Raine.
Also there's Sgt. Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth) known as the "Bear Jew", and Pfc. Omar Ulmer (Omar Doom) the most credible "Italian" during the reconnaissance of the premiere of "Nation's Pride."
"Nation's Pride" is a film directed by none other than Joseph Goebbels, starring Germany's most prominent war hero Pvt. Frederick Zoller (Daniel Bruhl), the movie based on his military accomplishments.
Frederick Zoller has become enamoured of Emmanuelle Mimieux (Melanie Laurent) owner of a small movie theater, which, Frederick has persuaded Goebbels, should be the site of the "Nation's Pride" premiere (which promises to have every major Nazi officer in attendance).
What Zoller doesn't know, is that Emmanuelle Mimieux is really Shosanna Dreyfuss, a French Jew who saw her entire family executed at the hands of sadistic SS Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz), and having narrowly escaped with her life, has longed for vengeance ever since.
Meanwhile Aldo Raine, and his men (learning of the premiere), have hooked up with Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger), a popular German actress who's also a spy working against the Third Reich. It is with her collaboration that they inflitrate the "Nation's Pride" opening night.
Little does anyone know however, that Shosanna has a stunning revenge plan of her own.
Everyone is terrific in this movie.
Brad Pitt is excellent (as well as funny).
Diane Kruger is everything a 30's actress should be: Beautiful and classy.
And as for the men who play the Basterds (as well as the men who play the Nazis)...
Everybody plays their part, everybody plays it well, and appears to be enjoying it.
One of the best (and lightest) World War II movies I've ever seen.
With a subtle depth of its own.
Originally Review #32