Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown demonstrates the director's amazing courage. While it is inspired from Elmore Leonard's book, Rum Punch, it still keeps all of Tarantino’s markings, while also stretching the director's comfort zone.

Though we are sure the director still wished to repeat the popularity of Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino took a radical departure from his previous films, while still preserving some of the themes addressed in them. What's instantly apparent about Jackie Brown is the way Tarantino redefined his entire style. For other movies, Tarantino always tried to destroy the seemingly ‘cool’ people. Meanwhile, the central character of Jackie Brown is an underdog, determined to prove she is the classiest person in the entire film.

The film's opening credits tell us a lot, almost telling the story of Jackie's life without using a single dialogue. First, she was carried along the grains, but then went against it (a fantastic shot with Jackie walking in one path and all the extras strolling in another). Eventually, she rushed quickly to reach the gate; this sequence perfectly demonstrated how she was struggling to keep her life together these days.

Release year: 1997

Stars: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson

IMDB score: 7.5/10