Pulp Fiction is a highly stylized film directed by Quentin Tarantino as well as co-written by him and Roger Avary. The movie is split up into 3 different chapters that are not in chronological order. These three chapters are all distinct stories from one another, however; they are connected.
The first chapter is called "Vincent Vega and Marsellus Wallaces' Wife". This chapter is led by mob hit man, Vincent Vega (John Travolta), who is charged with looking after his gangster Boss' wife, Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) while his boss is out of town. This job starts to seem a little risky as Vincent's friend and coworker, Jules Winnfield informs him that a man who gave Mia a foot massage was thrown out of a three story window by Mr. Marsellus Wallace. Vincent drives to Mia's house and takes her out to a restaurant for dinner. They dance and have fun while they are both high on hard drugs and then return to Mia Wallace's house where some serious problems arise. While Vincent is in the bathroom telling himself not to get to close to his boss' wife, Mia digs into his jacket pocket where she finds the bag of high-grade heroin that Vincent had stashed there earlier. Not knowing how powerful this drug was, Mia takes it and overdoses. Vincent walks in to see her messy, lying on the floor and immediately picks her up and drives to his drug dealer's house out of fear of the legal responsibilities of a hospital. Once there, both Vincent and his dealer do their best to administer a shot of adrenaline directly to Mia's heart. She instantly regains consciousness and drives back to her house with Vincent. Upon farewell, they both promise to never mention this incident to Marsellus.
The second chapter is called "The gold watch", staring Bruce Willis who portrays a boxer that is payed by Marsellus Wallace to throw a match. The boxer, Butch, has his own plans, however, and instead wins and even kills his competitor to make a large sum of winning money. Marsellus is not pleased with this at all and plans to find Butch to get revenge. Butch goes to a hotel room where him and his Girlfriend, Fabienne, had planned to meet, however; Fabienne had forgotten to bring Butch's gold which was a family heirloom for generations. Enraged, Butch goes back to his appartment knowing full well the high risk of a gangster member being there. Vincent Vega was in Butch's bathroom when Butch sees an automatic machine pistol lying on his kitchen counter. He uses this gun to kill Vincent, and then quickly flees the scene, bringing only the gold watch. On his drive back to the hotel Butch's merry attitude suddenly diminishes once he sees Marsellus Wallace walking in the street. He quickly hits the gas and then Marsellus (who rolls over the car) and then another car in the intersection. Both men sustain heavy cuts and and bruises to their body and run into a pawn shop to fight physically. The store clerk breaks up the fight by holding the fighters at gun point. He then knocks them both out and ties them up in the basement. The store clerk calls his friend over and they both decide on who to rape first (Butch or Marsellus). Marsellus is chosen first and taken to a separate room, leaving Butch with the opportunity to escape. Butch grabs a samurai sword and subdues one of the rapists giving Marsellus the chance to grab a shotgun and shoot the other rapist in the groin. The situation is under control and Marsellus allows Butch to go free as long as he never talks about this incident and leaves town that night. Butch happily obliges and leaves town with his girlfriend, his watch and his money.
The third and final chapter of this movie is called "The Bonnie Situation", starring Samuel L. Jackson as Vincent's friend, Jules Winnfield. In a chronological sense this is the first chapter. Vincent and Jules are on a job to retrieve a mysterious suitcase that belongs to Marsellus. They kill three young men in an apartment unit and let one, Marvin, live, putting him in the back seat of their car. When they are on the road, Vincent accidentally shoot Marvin in the face and sees his cerebral matter explode all over the back of the car, along with a lot of blood. This proves to be rather problematic as it is broad daylight out and therefore they could easily get arrested. They solve this problem by bringing the car to one of Jules friends' house, Jimmy (played by Quentin Tarantino), who allows them to use his garage for a little while. Jimmy is very antsy about this because he lives a normal life and does not want his wife to see a dead body in their house. Since his wife comes home from work in an hour and a half, the guys have to rush to clean things up enough to bring the car out on the road again. Once the car is all cleaned up and disposed of properly Vincent and Jules go to a dinner for breakfast that is simultaneously robbed by two small time criminals. Jules convinces the robbers to change their way of live or at least consider the very influential biblical passage and speech Jules gives. The robbers come to an agreement and leave peacefully.
Synopsis
Pulp Fiction is a highly stylized film directed by Quentin Tarantino as well as co-written by him and Roger Avary. The movie is split up into 3 different chapters that are not in chronological order. These three chapters are all distinct stories from one another, however; they are connected.
The first chapter is called "Vincent Vega and Marsellus Wallaces' Wife". This chapter is led by mob hit man, Vincent Vega (John Travolta), who is charged with looking after his gangster Boss' wife, Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) while his boss is out of town. This job starts to seem a little risky as Vincent's friend and coworker, Jules Winnfield informs him that a man who gave Mia a foot massage was thrown out of a three story window by Mr. Marsellus Wallace. Vincent drives to Mia's house and takes her out to a restaurant for dinner. They dance and have fun while they are both high on hard drugs and then return to Mia Wallace's house where some serious problems arise. While Vincent is in the bathroom telling himself not to get to close to his boss' wife, Mia digs into his jacket pocket where she finds the bag of high-grade heroin that Vincent had stashed there earlier. Not knowing how powerful this drug was, Mia takes it and overdoses. Vincent walks in to see her messy, lying on the floor and immediately picks her up and drives to his drug dealer's house out of fear of the legal responsibilities of a hospital. Once there, both Vincent and his dealer do their best to administer a shot of adrenaline directly to Mia's heart. She instantly regains consciousness and drives back to her house with Vincent. Upon farewell, they both promise to never mention this incident to Marsellus.
The second chapter is called "The gold watch", staring Bruce Willis who portrays a boxer that is payed by Marsellus Wallace to throw a match. The boxer, Butch, has his own plans, however, and instead wins and even kills his competitor to make a large sum of winning money. Marsellus is not pleased with this at all and plans to find Butch to get revenge. Butch goes to a hotel room where him and his Girlfriend, Fabienne, had planned to meet, however; Fabienne had forgotten to bring Butch's gold which was a family heirloom for generations. Enraged, Butch goes back to his appartment knowing full well the high risk of a gangster member being there. Vincent Vega was in Butch's bathroom when Butch sees an automatic machine pistol lying on his kitchen counter. He uses this gun to kill Vincent, and then quickly flees the scene, bringing only the gold watch. On his drive back to the hotel Butch's merry attitude suddenly diminishes once he sees Marsellus Wallace walking in the street. He quickly hits the gas and then Marsellus (who rolls over the car) and then another car in the intersection. Both men sustain heavy cuts and and bruises to their body and run into a pawn shop to fight physically. The store clerk breaks up the fight by holding the fighters at gun point. He then knocks them both out and ties them up in the basement. The store clerk calls his friend over and they both decide on who to rape first (Butch or Marsellus). Marsellus is chosen first and taken to a separate room, leaving Butch with the opportunity to escape. Butch grabs a samurai sword and subdues one of the rapists giving Marsellus the chance to grab a shotgun and shoot the other rapist in the groin. The situation is under control and Marsellus allows Butch to go free as long as he never talks about this incident and leaves town that night. Butch happily obliges and leaves town with his girlfriend, his watch and his money.
The third and final chapter of this movie is called "The Bonnie Situation", starring Samuel L. Jackson as Vincent's friend, Jules Winnfield. In a chronological sense this is the first chapter. Vincent and Jules are on a job to retrieve a mysterious suitcase that belongs to Marsellus. They kill three young men in an apartment unit and let one, Marvin, live, putting him in the back seat of their car. When they are on the road, Vincent accidentally shoot Marvin in the face and sees his cerebral matter explode all over the back of the car, along with a lot of blood. This proves to be rather problematic as it is broad daylight out and therefore they could easily get arrested. They solve this problem by bringing the car to one of Jules friends' house, Jimmy (played by Quentin Tarantino), who allows them to use his garage for a little while. Jimmy is very antsy about this because he lives a normal life and does not want his wife to see a dead body in their house. Since his wife comes home from work in an hour and a half, the guys have to rush to clean things up enough to bring the car out on the road again. Once the car is all cleaned up and disposed of properly Vincent and Jules go to a dinner for breakfast that is simultaneously robbed by two small time criminals. Jules convinces the robbers to change their way of live or at least consider the very influential biblical passage and speech Jules gives. The robbers come to an agreement and leave peacefully.
And that is the end of Pulp Fiction.
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