Jackie Brown Digital, 4K ULTRA HD

This film often appears at the bottom or near the bottom of Tarantino rankings... But why? Is it because it’s the only story he did not tailor-make from the ground up? Is it because it came right after Tarantino’s masterpiece “Pulp Fiction”? Who knows why this film is so misunderstood, but it is.... “Jackie Brown” follows, well, Jackie Brown, who is a stewardess working for Cabo Air. In a great one take opening shot we see Jackie Brown smuggling money from Cabo to take to her crime boss Ordell Robbie. It is a successful operation until she gets to the parking garage. She is stopped by ATF agents who find the money as well as some coke which she smuggled against her knowledge. The first interrogation scene in this film is a perfect introduction to the film. It lets you know exactly what you are in store for, Great performances and amazing dialogue, per usual for Tarantino. I will stop the synopsis there because I highly recommend you watch the film if you haven’t seen it, and if you have the film back in the day but wrote it off because it wasn’t “Pulp Fiction” please give it another chance. It is arguably Quentin Tarantino’s most plot driven film. Tarantino will typically reside in the “in between” moments of his plots, but here for once the plot take the front seat and the Great dialogue takes the back burner. The plot and characters are investing from the beginning, a woman who is playing everybody, she is on her own side and she is going along with everybody’s plan while the whole time formulating her own plan. Also, Samuel L. Jackson as Ordell is phenomenal, he is such a great villain. Then, there is Max Cherry, a bail bondsman who gets caught up the whole situation. He is one of the most compelling parts of the film, he is an aging man, he started his bondsman business but he is unhappy and he wants to retire, but until he can retire he’s pretty much like “I made my bed and I have to lie in it”. He and Jackie build up great chemistry along the way and you want them to be together but you know they are too different from one another. Robert Forster (RIP) as Max Cherry was so good he got an Oscar for the film. We also have Robert De Nero as Louis, who is Ordells right hand man and he just got out of prison. Along with, Bridget Fonda as Melanie, who is Ordell’s squeeze. Louis and Melanie have their own subplot in the film. This sounds like a lot of main characters, which it is but Tarantino balances all his character perfectly, just as he usually does. The film is riveting from beginning to end, its 2h 35m but it never drags. It’s a masterpiece and people need to recognize this film more.

Great movie about the criminal underworld that oddly isn’t discussed as much as Tarantino’s other films. It’s slower, more methodical, but it rewards the viewer with rich characters that just leap off the screen and straight into your heart. Especially Max Cherry. The melancholy dripping off Robert Forster’s performance in this should be taught in all acting classes.

Some 4K's are worth the double dip, and some aren't, but boy is this one of the good ones. Aside from being a great movie, with a great cast, this restoration just flat out beats the blu-ray in every respect. Plus, I got a great price on a buy 3 for the price of 2 deal!

Dialogue, screen writing does not get better, just brilliant. Lots of profanity, but hey it's Tarantino so you know going in. This is so realistic, the actors armed with the best screen writing deliver in spades. Was surprised at how good Pam Grier is as an actress, and Sam Jackson right behind along with De Niro, Forrester, Fonda, Keaton. But make no mistake, Grier was born for this role and commands the screen and story. The 4k disc is superlative, big quality jump over previous blu-rays.

Great movie

Jackie Brown is one of Tarantino's most underrated films. I only gave 4 stars because upon watching the special features it became clear this is literally just a reprint of disc one from the 2 disc edition because Tarantino talks about how he does into more detail about something on disc 2 but there was no disc 2. Just something the buyer should know.

I'll start with the soundtrack. Some movies are very much influenced and remembered for the soundtrack. Such examples of that would certainly be `Jaws' & `Psycho'. Background music is important, or lack there of, as is the case in the 2007 hit `No Country For Old Men', and so we tend to pay attention to it. In the case of Jackie Brown, the influence of the 70's musical touch creates a setting that compels us to maintain our focus, more so than with your run-of-the-mill movie. The music hooks us from the opening credits and never stops. The acting in Jackie Brown is fantastic. There isn't a character in this movie that you don't believe or buy into. Samuel Jackson stunned me with his powerful performance and Robert De Niro has mastered the bit of a dim-witted, always high, ex-con. Together they dominate the screen with their plans to become successful gun dealers during the 80's. What Quentin Tarantino does better than any other director, is he assembles a cast of actors who are able to portray characters which force the audience to both love and hate them at the same time. It doesn't matter whether the character is supposed to be good or evil, at some point during the movie; you're going to think of that character as both or either. You'll find yourself getting disgusted with the character and then laughing at or with them, sometimes in the same scene. Perhaps the greatest aspect of Tarantino's movies is that of the dialogue. Sure his movies are graphic and filled with more twists than a gun barrel, but what makes them click, and none better than Jackie Brown, is the dialogue. The characters give it to you hard and fast and you believe them. While Pulp Fiction & the Kill Bill movies gained the most recognition, Jackie Brown is his sleeper masterpiece that puts them all to shame when it comes to the script. If there was an academy award category for dialogue - Jackie Brown would be a runaway nominee. Jackie Brown is one of those movies that you don't need to put together, or try to figure out what is going on. That is a step away from what we have come to associate Tarantino with, but it works perfectly with Jackie Brown. We're allowed to simply sit back, watch, listen and enjoy a bunch of shady characters as they try to swindle and kill each other off - all in the name of the almighty dollar. Jackie Brown is a thrilling ride and certainly one that you will enjoy watching more than once.

I'll stray from reviewing the movie and its' story... this 4K disc is mastered in such a way that I consider it one of the best of my collection,all told. The colors pop, the soundtrack rocks out with rarely stepping on dialog . If you enjoy this film at all, I would highly recommend adding this to your collection ASAP.