This film is the perfect example of the difference between a good movie and what people have come to believe to be good movies.

In a nutshell, the movie is about [spoiler]a money transfer and some overt double-crossing[/spoiler]. If you watched this film and think that sums up the movie you didn't see the movie. As it was said in "White Men Can't Jump", some people listen to Hendrix but they don't hear him (I'm paraphrasing).

The film stars Pam Grier as a stewardess that got mixed up with small-time crook Samuel L Jackson. Jackson plays a similar role to what he played in Pulp Fiction but I must say that I liked this role even more. What is better than Jackson in that kind of role?

What makes the movie is the characters. Rather than the movie being about this or that, you get a real feel for the characters. There is a texture to the movie that must be felt to understand the movie. In typical Tarantino style, all of this was completely understated. If this had been a typical Hollywood movie there would have been an affair between two of the leads and the money transfer would have been the highlight of the movie. Not Tarantino - he did it his way.

One more thing. The music is FANTASTIC, both in the songs themselves and their use in the movie. Nobody does this better than Tarantino.  The opening five minutes are amazing.