Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1995 Rum Punch, switching the action from Miami to LA, and altering the central character from white to black. Ruthless arms dealer Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson), who lives with perpetually stoned beach-babe Melanie (Bridget Fonda), teams with his old buddy Louis Gara (Robert De Niro), just released from prison after serving four years for armed robbery. ATF agent Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) and cop Mark Dargus (Michael Bowen) bust stewardess Jackie Brown (Pam Grier), who was smuggling money into the country for Ordell. Ordell springs Jackie, but when middle-aged bail bondsman Max Cherry (Robert Forster) picks her up at the jail, he's attracted to her, and they choose a romantic route with detours. Mistrust and suspicions surface after Jackie pits Ordell and the cops against each other, convincing Ordell that she's going to double-cross the cops.
STARS.........: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Robert DeNiro DIRECTOR......: Quentin Tarantino WRITERS.......: Quentin Tarantino (screenplay), Elmore Leonard (novel) GENRE.........: Crime, Drama, Thriller METASCORE.....: 64 TOMATOMETER...: 87 IMDB RATING...: 7.5/10 258,178 votes IMDB link.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119396 RUNTIME.......: 2h 34mn SIZE..........: 3.96 GiB VIDEO CODEC...: HEVC ([email protected]) RESOLUTION....: 1920x1080 ASPECT RATIO..: 1.85:1 BITRATE.......: 3150 Kbps (2 Pass) FRAMERATE.....: 23.976 fps AUDIO1........: English E-AC3 5.1 512Kbps SOURCE........: Jackie.Brown.1997.1080p.Bluray.HUN.AVC.Remux SUBTITLES.....: ARA, ENG, ENG-SDH, FRE, GRE, PER, POR, SPA CHAPTERS......: Yes ENCODED BY....: Sartre ENCODE DATE...: 2017-10-14 ENCODE NOTE...: Converted to proper color space
This is the European Blu ray which has better color/contrast than the US disc which looks washed out and contrasty. It's a bit softer from DNR compared to the US release but overall I think it looks better.