Tarantino is back on form with this hilarious, brilliant and brutal re-write of history. This film is controversial and incredible, as with some of his previous releases, such as Resevoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.
Inglourious Basterds is split into sections, four parts where various characters are introduced, with no connection, who meet along the duration of the film, not dis-similar to Pulp Fiction.
The cast is absolutley brilliant. Stand out members include the obvious ones, for example, Bradd Pitt as the leader of an American, Jewish secret service regiment, infamous for not taking prisoners. Pitt manages to portray a gratuitously violent, yet hilarious character incredibly well. I was surprised to see Melanie Laurent playing such a prominent role. A prominent role, which is played brilliantly. Also Eli Roth surprised me with his large role.
The visual effects are incredibly effective, from graphic scenes of scalping to horrible beatings.
I was enthralled through the whole film, even in the slower parts of this WW2 epic, the script is still slick and engaging, and they only made the action sequences seem even more impressive and effective.
From the title alone, Inglourious Basterds was bound to be controversial. This piece of cinema is incredible, and i was blown away! Brilliant!
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Sep 8th, 2009
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