Review of Jackie Brown (1997) by Charlie L — 09 Feb 2016
An OK heist film (as that's what it essentially is) - not necessarily a 'gangster' film, but does have a few deaths, seeing as Ordell (Jackson) is a gun-runner. Jackie (Grier) is a air hostess who smuggles Ordell money in from Mexico, & when she's caught by the ATF (Keaton), she plays the them off against Ordell & his cronies, Louis (De Niro) & Melanie (Fonda).
The wild card is bail bondsman, Max (Forster). The final 45min is really well done and has a 'happy' ending, but the first hour was pointless and slows everything up much more than it needed to.
Not bad, but not great either.
This review of Jackie Brown (1997) was written by Charlie L on 09 Feb 2016.
Jackie Brown has generally received very positive reviews.
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