INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
5 out of 5 stars

lt. aldo raine: “you probably heard we ain’t in the prisoner-takin’ business; we in the killin’ nazi business. and cousin, business is a-boomin’.”



once upon a time in nazi-occupied france, quentin tarantino strikes again this time with his nazi-killin’, skull-bashin’, jew-huntin’ hell of a ride! brad pitt stars as aldo the apache: one with a killer southern drawl, ridiculous ‘tache, and a penchant for scalps and carving the swastika unto human flesh. (on only nazis, of course!) he’s tasked by the american forces to lead a special group of jewish-american soldiers into enemy territory, and just wreck havoc... among this special group, we learn the rest of the basterds’ names. there’s the bear jew (played by director eli roth who looked like he had a lot of fun playing this role actually), and boy...does he like to swing that baseball bat of his! (into a nazi’s skull, of course!) there’s also hugo stiglitz, a rogue nazi who went on a killing spree on his own kind, thus earning the basterds’ respect. (in other words, a complete psychopath)


while the basterds are killing nazis left and right, there’s a secondary story of a girl who escapes the clutches of col. hans “the jew hunter” landa. (brilliantly played by christopher waltz—bravo to an actor who can fluently speak german, english, french, and italian! it’s no surprise he deserved that oscar gold...) shosanna flees the french countryside, and assumes the identity of a movie theater owner, and it is at her theater, where they will show dr. goebbels’ masterpiece film appropriately titled “nation’s pride.” (and...we learn that it’s also her master plan to kill all the nazis including the fuhrer that night) most likely, the best scene is the mexican...er, nazi standoff between a gestapo major, the basterds, and the lovely diane kruger, playing double-agent/actress bridget von hammersmark after a game of guess who goes horribly wrong... (it’s def balls to the gun, i should say!) that and aldo trying to speak italian with his outrageous southern accent... (EPIC FAIL but hilarious results)


if you liked resevoir dogs and kill bill vol. 1 & 2, you WILL like this... it’s pure tarantino fun, and you’ll be rootin’ for the basterds until the very end... ;)