Clever, tough, funny, brilliant. A gem.

Rating: 9/10 (16 August 1999)

This is a great movie. Quentin Tarantino who decided to break down his movie into four little stories did a great job at it. Plus, he added everything in it that was necessary without overdoing anything. Sure some of the scenes are rough but there isn't a scene in the movie where you can say "Well that's a little too much" unless you hate violence. But what is great about this movie as well is that Tarantino somewhat copied Hitchcock (Be forewarned, I'm giving away some scenes in the movie so if you haven't seen it, skip this part, read the last paragraph and read this after you've seen it. However, if you don't mind having a few scenes spoiled before seeing the movie, go ahead, be my guest and read this).

When Travolta stabs Uma Thurman with the needle, Tarantino did like Hitchcock used to do: He makes you think it's going to be very gory and sick but there isn't a drop of blood.

When Ving Rhames crosses the street, stares at Bruce Willis, curses at him and then gets run over by Bruce Willis, Tarantino copied a little the scene in "Psycho" when Janet Leigh's boss crosses the street and sees her in her car when he thinks she's home resting.

So, this said, the movie is really great. Personally, I felt that Travolta should have won the Oscar for best actor that year instead of Tom Hanks in "Forrest Gump". It's an excellent crime movie.