This time around , he brings us a world war drama broken into 5 chapters , a typical Tarantino narrative.
Chapter One : Once upon a time .. In Nazi Occupied France
This chapter is the starting point of the film & by far the most captivating , Col Hans Land notoriously called as the 'Jews Hunter' interrogates at a dairy farm for a suspect Jews hideout.
This particular chapter in the screenplay , is the cornerstone of Christopher Waltz's performance as the Colonel ..
Subsequent chapters , talk about introduction of the band of American-Jews soldiers with an 'straight as an arrow' aim to dislodge each & every Nazi in France.The group is called as 'Inglorious Basterds' led by Lt. Aldo Raine , played by Brad Pitt to the T.
The plot becomes interesting with two parallel tracks going forward to converge at culmination.
1. Shossana plots a revenge on the Nazi's by planning to burn down a theater on the Premier of a Movie.
2. The 'Basterds' conspire to create havoc at the Premier , upon learning Hitler visiting the theater.
The climax , boom boom bang bang! , is unique to Tarantino, seen in all his films from Pulp Fiction to Reservoir Dogs to Kill Bill.
As far as performances are concerned , Hans Landa is simply super as clever penetrating Nazi security chief.
Brad Pitt does well to get the accent right & is just ok. The supporting cast plays dutifully.
On the whole , Inglorious Basterds is one of the finest talkie of last year , still 'Pulp Fiction' takes the prime.
Rating : 4.5/5.0
