Inglourious Basterds

Rated R for langauge, violence

Starring Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, BJ Novak, Samm Levine, Harvey Keitel, Mike Myers

Taking place in an alternate history, Quentin Tarantino's latest, Inglourious Basterds, tells the tell of a ragtag team of Jewish American's who were a thorn in the Nazi's side. The Basterds would ambush Nazi troops and skin the scalps of the dead, while branding the survivors they let live with swastika's carved into their foreheards. After getting word that a Nazi propaganda film will be premiered at a small cinema in Paris and that all the Nazi heads, including Hitler himself, will be in attendance, The Basterds decide this would be the perfect chance to put an end to the war and the Nazi regime.

In a parallel storyline, at the beginning of the film, we are introduced to Jewish Shosanna Dreyfus, who barely escapes with her life, after her and her family are outed from hiding at a neighboring farmer's house after a visit from "The Jew Hunter" Colonel Landa. Being the only survivor of the masaccre of her family, Shosanna assumes a new identity in Paris, and tries to live a quiet life operating a small cinema with her new boyfriend and projectionist Marcel. Unfortunately, she catches the eye of Nazi warhero and actor Fredrick Zoller, who insists her cinema would be perfect for the premiere of a new Nazi propaganda film which he stars in. She is terrifed at first, as it was the Nazi who killed her family and she is afraid they'll finish the job if they learn she is really Jewish, however after thinking it over, she agrees, plotting with Marcel that it would be the perfect revenge on the Nazi's to trap them in her cinema during the film and burn it to the ground with them inside.

Sure the film had it's stomach turning moments, with The Basterds being ruthless and gruesome in the way they kill some of the Nazi's, however the overall story was very well done. The whole time you're routing for The Basterds and Shosanna to achieve their unknown shared goal of putting an end to Hitler and the Nazi's.

Several parts of the film also include French and German dialogue with subtitles.

While not for the kids, if you like historic films and works from this particular time period, be sure not to miss this one!