My review.

Rating: 9/10 (11 August 2013)

Pulp Fiction is a story of how two hit men Vincent and Jules who work for L.A.'s crime boss Marcellus Wallace and how Jules begins to have a change of heart due to feeling that he witnessed a miracle for God. It is also about a boxer who double crosses the crime boss and how they eventually handle their conflict. There are also sub plots about Marcellus Wallace's wife and her night out on the town with her husband's employee Vincent Vega. All of these stories culminate in Jules having an epiphany as he spare the lives of a "would be robber" couple. In this film, Quentin Tarantino weaves several extreme stories together- some romance, a little contract killing, drug use and overdose, kidnap, rape, a double-cross and a manhunt- into an extremely shocking, yet entertaining coherent film. In this movie there are multiple themes communicated to the viewer. One of the prominent themes was about never judging people because anyone at anytime can change and choose to become more. He demonstrated that theme in scenes where enemies become allies and hit men save life instead of taking it. Another major theme was that every choice a person makes has its inevitable consequences. Tarantino emphasized this by showing those who choose to hurt people will be repaid in kind. The cheater gets cheated, a killer gets killed, and people who abuse drugs nearly die from overdose. Tarantino also uses his creative license throughout this film in order to jump back and forth in time thus drawing the viewer in. Tarantino deliberately leaves the viewer trying to figure out what is going on piece by intriguing piece, as well as allowing the viewer to try and understand the behavior of characters in earlier scenes that while entertaining seemed shocking and sometimes comically absurd. Although sometimes viewers may know or think they know what will happen to a particular character before it happens, it is still impossible to know how that character will react or what kind of impact it may have on the other characters within the film. Quentin Tarantino is totally unpredictable so that makes outguessing him nearly impossible. Tarantino's movies on the other hand, always have his signature flare. This movie is filled with shocking dialog, and he creates comedy by contrasting extreme violence with irony. There are instances where characters would have casual conversations about being vegetarian, or the Big Kahuna Burger while in the process of killing a roomful of people. One of them even asked one of the soon to be victims if he could taste his Kahuna Burger and have a sip of his tasty beverage. The length of the movie was a bit long (two and a half hours) and does have long stretches of dialog with little action, but the outrageous and shocking action scenes that follow definitely make them worth tolerating. Overall this film is very entertaining with surprising plot twists and a powerful conclusion. With shocking scenes and witty dialog, along with an all star cast, this movie should be on everyone's must see list.