Jackie Brown (1997)

I complete my viewing of Quentin Tarentino’s entire directorial cannon with his third film Jackie Brown, so far the autor’s only film adapted from a pre-existing source (in this case a Elmore Leonard novel). It’s a caper film, elegantly handled, and in the forum of bail bondsman Max Cherry ( a great performance by Robert Forster) boasts probably my favorite character from any Tarentino film. The title character is essayed by Pam Greer, the star of many 70's blacksplotation film and source of inspiration to the director, she here proves still quite the force on screen. Sid Haig, who menaced Ms. Greer as a tough in a number of her 1970's films, here has an amusing (and ironic) cameo as a judge. Fine work by Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, and an unexpectedly cast Micheal Keyton. Fun and quite engaging. I love it when there’s so many con’s and double deals going on at the same time that anything can happen, lends a great deal of excitement and anticipation to the goings on. Extremely well executed. Grade: A