Jackie Brown
This Christmas, Santa's got a brand new bag.
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A stylish, character-driven heist thriller where a resourceful woman outsmarts criminals and cops alike, balancing wit and danger with genuine human connection.
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.
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