Rum Punch to start over again, a desperate Jackie devises a secret, risky plan of her own to double-cross Ordell and the police, save herself, and secure her future. To execute this plan, Jackie must enlist the help of Max Cherry—the same bail bondsman Ordell hired to get Jackie out of jail. Rum Punch Rum Punch is a 1992 novel written by Elmore Leonard. The novel was adapted into the film "Jackie Brown" (1997) by director Quentin Tarantino, although the movie changed the setting to Los Angeles. The characters Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara first appeared in Leonard's novel, "The Switch", which
Quentin Tarantino 2019. In recent years, Tarantino has used his Hollywood power to give smaller and foreign films more attention than they might have received otherwise. These films are usually labeled "Presented by Quentin Tarantino" or "Quentin Tarantino Presents". The first of these productions was in 2001 with the Hong Kong martial arts film "Iron Monkey", which made over $14 million in the United States, seven times its budget. In 2004, he brought the Chinese martial arts film "Hero" to U.S. shores. It ended up having a No. 1 opening at the box office and making $53.5 million. In 2006, another "Quentin