Inglourious Basterds (2009)

July 25, 2010 · Posted in Reviews , , , , , , , · 1 Comment 

You probably heard we ain’t in the prisoner-takin’ business; we in the killin’ Nazi business.

Inglourious Basterds Movie Poster

Inglourious Basterds

Not quite the farcical, knockabout slapstick comedy fest the Japanese adverts led me to believe (I’ve included the trailer at the end of the review).

There are admittedly a couple of funny lines and some black comedic drama but more action drama than Abbot & Costello I think.

This movie is an alternative version of the “end” (I assume) of the second world war as seen through the imagination of Quentin Tarantino.

Starring a mutachioed Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine, Christoph Waltz as Colonel Hans Landa (for which he won a well deserved Ocar), and Eli Roth as Sgt Donny Donowitz amongst others. It involves a group of Jewish soldiers, nicknamed The Basterds by the Germans, sent to France to basically kill Nazis.

There’s also a second plot parallel to this involving a Jewish girl, Shosanna Dreyfuss played by Melanie Laurent with a traumatic background linked to the evil Nazi Hans Landa.
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