Deja-vu

Rating: 8/10 (3 September 1999)

Quentin Tarantino's movie copied from so many films and has been copied so much since that when I eventually got around to watching it I felt like I had seen it before. That didn't stop me from enjoying it though.
Pulp Fiction weaves three character-related stories together. Each story is fairly unremarkable and couldn't sustain a feature but it's the fabulous dialogue and the actors delivery that makes it entertaining.

John Travolta is great as Vincent Vega. He gets to play a large part in the first and final stories and has a cameo in the second. He oozes class as Samuel L Jackson's partner and delivers his lines like their his own words. Bruce Willis proves to be more than just an action hero with a less explosive but still vest wearing part. Uma Thurman pulls off a small but impressive performance. Harvey Keitel and Eric Stoltz have the best cameo roles and Quentin Tarantino isn't bad as Jimmy.
But this film belongs to Jackson. He lights up the screen whether he's quoting from the Bible or eating a hamburger. He was born for his part. The three stories should have been all about him.
There isn't much more to be said. We all know Quentin Tarantino can write (True Romance) and we know he can direct (Reservoir Dogs). Let's hope there's a few more characters still lurking in that sick head of his.