Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.
Review
Tarantino is without a doubt one of the best directors of all time and maybe the best of the 90s. His first film Reservoir Dogs was amazing and claustrophobic his segment in Four Rooms was by far the greatest (even though Rodriguezs was excellent too)and Jackie Brown is a wonderful homage to the Blaxploitation films of the 70s. However Pulp Fiction remains my favourite.
It was nominated for so many Oscars that I still find it hard to believe that it only got one Best original script. Im not complaining because Forrest Gump got best picture since that film was also Oscarworthy but come on movies like Tarantinos or the Shawshank Redemption deserved much more.
Anyway going back to the movie I particularly liked the first and second chapters and thats really a contradiction because one of the movies finest characters Mr. Wolf appears on the third. Bruce Willis also does a great job and as far as Im concerned he fell in love with the movie right after having read the script. I like the way his character gives a "tough guy" image at the beginning and then we discover hes so affectionate and tender to his wife. Travolta is obviously the star of the movie and his second encounter with Bruce Willis in the kitchen along with the scene where he dances with Uma Thurman is when the movie reaches its highest point.
The other star is Samuel L. Jackson who plays a wise assassin that obviously knows how to handle situations. "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger..." is my favourite quote.
Summarizing Pulp Fiction is a modern classic and a mustsee for anyone who is at least aware of what a movie is. I give it a 9 out of 10.