Jackie Brown (1997) - 7.0

Rating: 7/10 (6 July 2019)

Jackie Brown (1997) - 7.0
Act 1 - 6.8
Act 2 - 7.0
Act 3 - 7.3

Great scene with De Niro and Jackson talking about guns, gives insight into the characters and people's obsession with guns
Louis if fresh out of jail for robbery
Ordell is a gun dealer and gets Beaumont out on bail so he can kill him so he doesn't snitch
Another great trunk scene from Tarantino love how this scene is shot, when it pans up to see the death scene from a distance
Jackie Brown gets taken into custody after a flight and she is connected to Beaumont
She goes to jail for drugs and money given to her my someone and Mexico
Ordell is there for Jackie's first hearing and now we know that she was bringing the money to him
So Ordell goes back to the bondsman to bail out Jackie
Really good intimidation scene with Ordell and Jackie, smart having Ordell keep turning off the light to build tension, this scene shows the intelligence of Jackie
Fade to black is overly used and some weird out of place fades
Ordell and Jackie have a plan to get the money out of Mexico and now Melanie wants Luis to help get the money from Ordell
All the while Jackie has gotten close to Max the bail bondsman, leading to Jackie planning to make off with the money with Max's help
All characters are interwoven in the final exchange
Really well used soundtrack
Going into the final exchange we know every characters personality and motivations thanks to the great character and plot development from Tarantino
Jackie has told everyone what they want to hear but is hoping for an outcome were she gets the money with the help of Max, Ordell thinks there will be a bait and switch with the help of Louis and Melanie to get his money, the cops think that Jackie is helping them set up Ordell and Melanie put the idea out there of taking the money for herself with the help of Louis
Now that everything is in place we just have to wait to see which outcome happens
In classic Tarantino fashion there are a bunch of twists and turns and plenty of deaths
End plays out as one might expect but it is executed well and everything makes sense
Great performances all around, really liked De Niro in this film
Movie is well written and the characters are fully flushed out
I did not feel the 2:30 run time and thought it was paced well as I was engaged the whole film
An all around good film with my only gripe being the weird fades that were used