Brilliant beyond comparison

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2015)

Brilliant beyond comparison.
Set in the world of LA gangsters, the intertwining stories of two gangsters, their boss, his wife, a boxer...and a couple who hold up restaurants. From the outset, the stories are clearly not parallel, but don't appear that closely linked either. However, they all eventually coalesce...though not necessarily in chronological order...
A mind-blowingly brilliant movie from master-writer-director Quentin Tarantino. This was his second feature film, after the almost-as- brilliant Reservoir Dogs.
While Reservoir Dogs was a film noir-type crime-drama, Pulp Fiction created a new genre (and prompted many attempts at copying Tarantino's style). Pulp Fiction has the film noir elements - the gritty crime-drama, the clever, solid plot, the hard-edged characters.
Yet is has even more: great humour, incredibly snappy and clever dialogue, the coolest, swaggering characters and clever little sub- plots. Add in the time-jump element which adds to the intrigue and originality and you have the greatest movie ever made.