Typified by elegant tracking shots from the off, a cool and funky soul soundtrack and featuring memorable turns from the overlooked duo of Pam Grier and Robert Forster (who died October 11 aged 78 - best known to us from
The Descendants). The plot is fairly straightforward - airline hostess is coerced into helping the FBI catch gun dealer Samuel L Jackson as he attempts to bring in half a million dollars from Mexico; Forster is a bail bondsman who gets involved, Robert de Niro and Bridget Fonda too. And Michael Keaton.
Cinematically of most interest in the actual money switch itself, shown from three points of view. Casually violent, quite funny ('Chicks Who Love Guns', amusing titles), not top drawer Tarantino, but very cool in a way that predicts the slightly superior
Out Of Sight (1998).
Recognised the
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry clip but not the 1977 Helmut Berger
Beast With a Gun.
Photographed by Guillermo Navarro, edited by Sally Menke.
Still singing 'Across 110th Street' days later.
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