Movie #5: Pulp Fiction

Movie #: 5
Movie Title: Pulp Fiction
Year Released: 1994

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Notable Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis

Short Description: The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #94
IMDB.com: #4
Ranker.com: #2
Lifed.com: #14
Empire.com: #9
FilmCrave.com: #5
FlickChart.com: #6



Date Watched: 12/20/2016

Grade: 4 out of 5 (Excellent)

Rationale: In Quentin Tarantino I trust? It sure seems that way. I love the use of inner connected storylines in Pulp Fiction and, as I've come to expect from Tarantino over the course of this movie project, the action scenes are top notch. Oddly enough I'm not typically a fan of John Travolta, Bruce Willis, or Uma Thurman, but as an ensemble along with Samuel L. Jackson the combination worked well and I dug it. The only disappointment of note was that a large portion of the movie between the beginning and end didn't include Jackson's character, Jules Winnfield. The storyline with Jules kicks off with such a bang that it's a shame having to wait to see him again until the latter portion of the movie when that storyline picks back up.