Jackie Brown (1997)

Tarantino at his most mediocre

Film is based on a book by Elmore Leonard and recast using blaxploitation star Pam Grier. Also features Michael Keaton, QT regular Samuel Jackson, Robert De Niro, and that guy from Disney's "The Black Hole".

It's an OK thriller as far as it goes, has some good moments and some not so good moments. Jackie Brown herself isn't particularly engaging, as played by Pam Grier you half expect her to pull out a shotgun and start blasting at any moment. Samuel Jackson is so cocky and so obviously villainous that the surprise is that anybody trusted him in the first place enough for him to be able to betray them.

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