Pulp Fiction (1994) ★★★★★

Pulp Fiction is a neo-noir series of vignettes told within 48 hours of each other placed in a non-linear format. Again dealing with a corps of professional criminals and the associates they interact with, Tarantino weaves a kaleidoscopic narrative full of impending consequence and reaction. Sprinkled in humor as seen in the quick backstory featuring Christopher Walken as to how Bud (Bruce Willis) came by his father's watch. This is an improvement in many ways over his previous work 1992's Reservoir Dogs, characters branching out under Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) as the criminal protagonist. Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta both play hitmen associates of Wallace who open the film by killing three targets. Another improvement is in the varied and witty dialogue written by Tarantino, They make their reappearance in the final part of the film where they have to clean up a very bloody car, and run into Tarantino's character Jimmie, needing his house to regroup and park the obvious problem. Travolta's character is asked by Wallace to take his wife Mia (Uma Thurman) out and look after her while he is out of town. They have a nice time, they go out and dancing, and Mia mistakenly snorts too much heroin. Hilarity ensues and Travolta has to bring her back to life with an adrenaline shot to the heart. Done poorly this almost sounds comical but it is deftly handled by Tarantino through great cinematography, editing, and scene placement. Watching the film in it's entirety a few times you get the appreciation of how Tarantino knew how he was going to piece all of the scenes together in their non-linear format. 

The pace of Pulp Fiction moves along nicely and the editing greatly enhances this feeling with the screenplay keeping the viewer's attention. There isn't much to talk about because the enjoyment of watching the film really is in watching it. It's colorful, and well acted and has great, smart, witty dialogue that puts life into the scenes. Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames have a great moment of perspective despite one of them being raped. Samuel L. Jackson gives a great performance and demands your attention with every scene he is apart of. He starts and ends the film with memorable and impressive monologues and is one of the more quotable Tarantino characters. Tarantino has also been credited with resuscitating John Travolta's career with this film as he was really not working before he was given a chance in this film. Pulp Fiction is a great film that cleverly and intelligently crafts it's story with style and taste and is all about how it is, not necessarily what it is. Because on the surface it's another simple story, slightly more complex than Tarantino's last picture, woven in a way that demands and keeps your interest all the way through.