"The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption."


This was not what I anticipated it to be, at all. Never in my life have I felt so blindsided by a movie. Pulp Fiction, just like Trainspotting, is another movie I had been meaning to watch but never got around to until we analyzed the intro in film- and tv-production class. And BOY was it a wild ride.

On the cover of the movie we see the character Mia Wallace, who is the wife of a mob boss. Because she's on the cover, I assumed she would be one of the main characters, but her screentime feels nonexistent compared to the rest of the cast. I didn't like her character at all. However I did like the two hitmen, Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield (played by John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson). Obviously they're great actors that most people have seen in at least one movie during their lifetime. They play their parts well, and even if they're bad guys, they are entertaining. Both are featured in well-known iconic clips from the movie, such as the one of Travolta looking confused and the one where Jackson goes "English motherfucker, do you speak it?".

I don't have much to say about the other castings, because to me there was nothing special about them. The characters on the other hand - there's a lot to unpack. Did I expect there to be a woman obsessed with potbellies, dating a boxer who goes on the run after killing another boxer? Did I expect said boxer to end up in a hidden BDSM dungeon within a pawn shop, with the mob boss that he's trying to get away from? The answer to these questions is: NO.

What did I think Pulp Fiction was? I thought it'd be about two policemen (that being Travolta and Jackson) chasing after a druglord or something. And what was it? The total opposite, and then some. This movie had me so confused, it felt as if there was no storyline and things were just happening for the sake of them happening. Almost like a feverdream. Because of this, I don't know if I'd honestly recommend that other people watch it. I've seen plenty of people raving about how great it is, but what about it makes it special besides the fact that it's just weird as hell?

And with that, another shitty movie review from yours truly is done.