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
Anything Else aging, struggling artist (Allen) who acts as his mentor, which includes trying to help sort out Jerry’s romantic life. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 40%, based on reviews from 129 critics. Metacritic gave the film an average score of 43 out of 100, based on reviews from 37 critics. Leonard Maltin, in his movie and video guide, gave the film a "BOMB" rating (the only Allen-directed film he ever rated BOMB), and called it "Allen's all-time worst". In August 2009, it was cited by Quentin Tarantino as