Pure Quentin

Rating: 9/10 (1 October 2015)

Well, I guess actually with a good dose of Elmore thrown in. This is my favorite Quentin movie (of the ones I've seen) and in some ways it seems his most deliberately "mainstream" type film, almost cheesy at points. Pulp Fiction is a little too bizarre for even me, I loved moments of Grindhouse and Bastards but the whole didn't work as well. Pam Grier is the stewardess mule for evil gun runner Jackson, she gets stopped by goofy fed agent Keaton and needs the services of bail bondsman Forster. Add De Niro as a recently sprung con and Fonda as Samuel's "secretary" and you have a lot of talent to work with. Grier is appropriately tough, and the scene with De Niro and Fonda in the parking lot is hysterical in its own sick way. But I think the movie is stolen by Forster, who gives an Oscar caliber performance as the deadpan, stoic Max Cherry. This film is worth watching for his performance alone.