The fast-paced sequences, the sharp dialogue, the high-level of energy that the sterling ensemble cast bring to the story, all make it a happy mixture of funk and snappy literacy. It’s the filmmaker being a child and having a go at the cookie jar without receiving his parents’ permission, and he’s enjoying every minute of taking such liberties. Though the film is more entertaining than anything else, as it’s played as a smart-alecky pic filled with themes freely borrowed from other films and staged dialogue that is smart enough to make a farce out of its over-the-top mayhem, its abusive racial cracks, its druggy scenarios, and its sado-masochistic anal penetration scene.
Jackson hit man character in a world gone bonkers, is marvelously given a biblical spin when he finds religion and gives up his craft because he believes a miracle occurred that spared his life. Violence and comedy are cleverly parceled out in equal proportions, as the morality of the film’s main force, the Samuel L. Director/writer Quentin Tarantino (“Reservoir Dogs “) brings magic to the screen with his second feature film set in LA - this rambling talky film noir builds on three chronologically scrambled interrelated stories told around a prologue and epilogue. Pulp Fiction won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. “…Tarantino has created a wonderfully unapologetic spectacle of characters emerging from the dark side to try and wrestle with the meaning of life.” Jackson (Jules Winnfield), Uma Thurman (Mia Wallace), Harvey Keitel (Winston Wolf), Tim Roth (Pumkin), Amanda Plummer (Honey Bunny), Maria de Medeiros (Fabienne), Ving Rhames (Marsellus Wallace), Eric Stoltz (Lance), Rosanna Arquette (Jody), Christopher Walken (Captain Koons), Bruce Willis (Butch Coolidge), Quentin Tarantino (Jimmie), Frank Whaley (Brett), Phil LaMarr (Marvin), Paul Calderon (Paul), Angela Jones (Esmeralda), Peter Greene (Zed), Stephen Hibbert (The Gimp) Runtime: 154 MPAA Rating: R producer: Lawrence Bender Miramax Films 1994) (director/writer: Quentin Tarantino screenwriters: based on stories by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary cinematographer: Andrzej Sekula editor: Sally Menke music: Karyn Rachtman cast: John Travolta (Vincent Vega), Samuel L.
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