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Inglourious Basterds (2009)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz

I saw this movie twice, and both times it managed to hold my attention and intrigue me throughout th whole thing. Basterds (deliberately spelled that way for some unknown reason) is the story of a team of Jewish-American Nazi hunters (the Basterds) in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Pitt). At the same time, there is a second storyline, dealing with a young Jewish-French girl named Shoshanna Dreyfus (Laurent), who fled Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Waltz) - nicknamed "The Jew Hunter" and has made a new life owning a small French cinema. When a young German private Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Brühl) becomes infatuated with Shoshanna, he manages to move a Nazi film premiere to her cinema, giving both her and the Basterds ideas about a plan that could defeat the Nazis once and for all.

I loved the actors' performances overall. Pitt delivered a wonderful and comedic portrayal of Raine, with few out-of-character moments (that were still there, nonetheless). Waltz's portrayal of Landa was chilling and contributed to some of the best moments in the film. Overall, I see hardly any faults with the actors' performances. Tarantino used his own special style of directing that has made him so famous, although at times, elements that he added seemed a little unnecessary (text effects that often seemed out of place, sometimes gratuitous violence, and certaFilm review: Ingloin plot elements). However, Basterds was an incredibly enjoyable film, that I recommend to everyone who doesn't mind seeing some occasional Nazi scalping.

Acting: 9
Direction: 8
Writing: 9
Effects: 6

Total: 8/10