Pulp Fiction

Rating: 10/10 (19 October 2012)

Absolute Carnage
Pulp Fiction is a dramatic narrative of the lives of two diner armed bandits, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and two mobster hit men that unravel into four separate tales of violence and redemption. As the turn-of-events of each story unfolds, it starts with the beginning from the end of each individual story and ends at the beginning. A single bible quote, illegal drugs, pawn shop mayhem, and an unexpected robbery kept the viewers at the edge of their seats.
The film successfully attempts to correlate all four story lines simultaneously. I believe it was the intention of the writer Quentin Tarantino, to depict the characters of their completely different life styles. I think Tarantino wanted to show how different each lifestyle was, but they all had one thing in common. They all thought that they were the most powerful entity in the stages of the game, but they found themselves vulnerable to others. The crime boss thought no one was more powerful than he, until he got caught up in the pawn shop mayhem. Feeling very much in control and powerful, the hit men had a mishap and found themselves controlled and powered by another. The gangster's wife felt she was powerful by being married to the crime boss, but she lost her power by her illegal drug habits. From a direct order from the crime boss, the boxer chooses to ignore the directions thus, showing his power. His power was taken away as soon as he did not fulfill the deal. The two diner bandits had the power of a handgun, but soon lost their power when meeting up with the hit men with guns pointed at them.
I found a couple mistakes in this movie in which I believe there should have been more accuracy. Recitation of the bible quote, Ezekiel twenty-five, was not quoted accurately as it is written in the bible. The Acura that Mr. Wolf drove was a two seat vehicle and he invited his girlfriend to breakfast and offered to give the hit men a ride home. How is this possible? I often wondered how a hit man for a crime boss could leave his gun in the kitchen of the steak-out house and use the restroom! I found the film unique, challenging to watch, and written well.