Tarantino is a master of thriller and suspense, which is interlaced with humor. In Inglourious Basterds he competently delivers once again a story that entertains you and gives your money worth.
The typical Tarantino devices are all there - long dialogues (though this one has not too-long ones), long scenes that grow with suspense not knowing where it could turn, his typical atypical music, captivating characters...
This is a story of a group of American Army Men who go to Nazi-occupied France to do to Nazi what they do to Jews - kill and maim with all mean vengeance. So...you have the leader, a hard-core, smart-dude, focused-to-kill, forthright guy (Brad Pitt) and his men, some of whom have reputation among Nazi for their cruel ways of killing.
The film opens with a great feel - a quietly paced scene that sets your pulse racing courtesy the stakes at play. And...it sets up one of the most charismatic antagonist played brilliantly by Christoph Waltz. The typical Tarantino chapters come into play throughout the film and the events are very entertaining especially as the characters and their relationships are truly captivating.
Tarantino is a master of scene-construction; he sets up the conflict almost playfully but with the stakes being always of life and death he brings in characters that come alive in such scenarios and makes the viewing engrossing.
Where the flick kind of flounders is the flip-flop of the Waltz character, which is not easy to believe considering what an indelible devious character he makes, who naively is willing to do a deal with Americans. That is difficult to accept and yet...the film does flow and there is satisfaction in the resolution.
Rating ***1/2
[Max Rating ****]
{Viewed in Feb, 2010 at Chembur. Also saw it on YashJi's 'Bafta' dvd!}
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