A great corrective whenever Tarantino gets reduced to pure flash and shock.
Jackie Brown keeps growing because it proves Tarantino can trade swagger for patience without losing tension or voice. The movie is about age, leverage, and emotional timing, which gives the crime mechanics a bruised human weight his louder films often hide.
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A flight attendant caught smuggling cash plays the feds and an arms dealer against each other.
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