"As per Tarantino's penchant, JACKIE BROWN is awash with dialogues rambling on and on, most eloquently symbolized by Jackson's ponytailed (and later unloosed), braided-goateed Ordell, whose vicious streak becomes a persistent undertone beneath his street-gang verbiage. Whether he is chewing the fat with his slightly-obtuse cohort Louis Gara (De Niro, cast against the type), or talking shop with the cool-as-the-cucumber bail bondsman Max Cherry (Forster), he is vigilant as a squirrel, slippery as a snake and heartless as an ice icicle. Therefore, one finds it difficult to credit Ordell would so tactlessly rise to the bait in the climax, although his downfall is exactly what audience expects, the script doesn't prepare us for such an expedient method, which may be viewed as a cop-out by some, since plot intricacy is Tarantino's forte."
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