REVIEW: JACKIE BROWN.

I am obsessed with the films of Quentin Tarantino. He is a genius and without a doubt one of the top living filmmakers in the world, his films are full of depth and his camerawork and screenwriting are always top notch. Like all films, there are flaws to be found when looking closely at his films, however the positives always outweigh the negatives easily and I always find myself engrossed in the characters and world he creates.
Tonight I watched Tarantino's third feature film, Jackie Brown.

It is clear from the start that the film is inspired heavily by '70s crime thrillers. The music, the mise en scene, the cinematography, the everything. The film is heavily stylised, which is enjoyable and different to watch from a film that was produced in the late '90s. Introducing a specific genre and taking inspiration from films that perhaps the Tarantino Generation are not comfortable and familiar with was a risk to take, however the film pulls it off beautifully, capturing and adapting the best bits of '70s cinema for a modern audience.

The film sees one of Tarantino's first female leads, with the amazing Pam Grier starring as the title character, Jackie Brown. A sexy, intelligent middle aged woman in a badass crime thriller is such an anti-typecast character that I cannot believe the film hasn't become a cult-sensation like more of Tarantino's earlier films such as Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs.
Always being one to add in complications and characters who are created simply to be killed off, Tarantino throws the audience into a world of deceit, casual drug use and murder that feels like a whirlwind tour of everything your parents tell you not to do as a child.

The film could be a little shorter, with seemingly unnecessarily long scenes at some moments, but with cinematography that is worth the casual dialogue and monotonous actions that the characters take every so often. I thoroughly enjoyed the film, it is well-rounded, as are all Tarantino films, and the substance matches the style, a factor that I thought was going to be an issue after watching the first half of the film, thankfully however, the second half is much more action packed, tense and dramatic.