Jackie Brown
Movie, 1997, The '90s, Set in A flight attendant's scheme
Jackie Brown is #6 of 13 in release order and #3 of 13 in chronological order in the Quentin Tarantino.
The story
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.
Jackie Brown recap
Jackie Brown (1997) follows a flight attendant caught smuggling cash who plays the police and an arms dealer against each other for half a million dollars. Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) carries money from Mexico for Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson). When ATF agent Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) arrests her with cash and cocaine, Ordell has bail bondsman Max Cherry (Robert Forster) get her out, meaning to kill her before she talks. Jackie pulls a gun and proposes a deal: she will pretend to help the police while bringing in Ordell's last $550,000. She brings Max in on her own plan to take the money for herself. Ordell's newly released partner Louis Gara (Robert De Niro) and his stoned girlfriend Melanie Ralston (Bridget Fonda) circle the deal. Tarantino adapts Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch, the only one of his features drawn from another work. His third feature, it follows Pulp Fiction.
Jackie Brown ending explained
Jackie Brown ends with Ordell dead, Jackie free and leaving for Madrid. At a mall dressing room she switches bags so that most of the cash goes to Max and blames Melanie for the theft. Louis shoots Melanie in the parking lot, and Ordell kills Louis when he realises the money is gone. Max tells Ordell that Jackie is waiting at his office, and when she shouts that Ordell has a gun, Nicolette shoots him. Jackie asks Max to come with her; he declines, and they kiss goodbye.
Post-credits scenes
No. Jackie Brown has no mid- or post-credits scene.
Where to watch Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%
Where it fits
- Release order: after From Dusk Till Dawn, before Kill Bill: Volume 1.
- Chronological order: after Pulp Fiction, before Kill Bill: Volume 1.
Cast
- Pam Grier as Jackie Brown
- Samuel L. Jackson as Ordell Robbie
- Robert De Niro as Louis Gara
- Bridget Fonda as Melanie Ralston
- Michael Keaton as Ray Nicolette
- Robert Forster as Max Cherry
- Michael Bowen as Mark Dargus
- Chris Tucker as Beaumont Livingston
- LisaGay Hamilton as Sheronda
- Tommy Lister Jr. as Winston
- Hattie Winston as Simone
- Sid Haig as Judge
Directed by Quentin Tarantino.