Read The Book Rum Punch The Movie was better

Rating: 9/10 (1 July 2005)

The Book Rum Punch by Elmore Lenoard was completely different than this movie. The best things Tarrantino did was switch the location from South Florida/Cayman Islands to L.A./Cabo and switch the lead character Jackie Burke from a blonde 40ish white woman to a 40ish black lady Jackie Brown. When you read the book its confusing why Lenoard made the lead character white because the story flow isn't that good. Tarrantino also removed a couple other sidelines from the book which all in all made the movie much better than the book. Pam Grier in a way brings elements of all her 1970s characters into Jackie which if you liked her early work you'll love this. Jackie in many ways is sort of like Foxy Brown over 40 and out of options but still with her brain. Ordell played by Samuel Jackson underestimates Jackie and it costs him big.