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• Crime/detective
• Drama

• 1994
• Quentin Tarantino
• 154 mins
• 18

Summary

Quentin Tarantino's award-winning, multi-stranded crime drama, starring John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson and Uma Thurman. Downtown LA: lovebirds Honey Bunny and Pumpkin plan to hold up a diner. Washed-up boxer Butch is paid to throw his last fight, but has other ideas. "Fixer" the Wolf has to get hitmen Vincent and Jules out of a sticky situation. And Vincent is nervous when he has to escort his boss's wife for the night - with good reason.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

David Parkinson

While not as abrasive or compelling as Reservoir Dogs, this follow-up confirmed Quentin Tarantino's genius for writing hard-boiled comic dialogue. It also demonstrated a control over a wealth of characters and crossplots that was simply astonishing for a film-maker still, essentially, in the process of learning his trade. Originally called Black Mask, the picture went on to scoop the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival and win Oscars for Tarantino and his co-writer Roger Avary. Scorching though the writing is, it needed a high-calibre cast to carry it off. Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Maria de Medeiros and Christopher Walken are excellent, but the revitalised John Travolta and the then largely unknown Samuel L Jackson are unforgettable. As much pop as pulp, this is exhilarating stuff and clearly one of the best films of the 1990s.

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8.8/10

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Cast

rolenameVincent VegaJohn TravoltaJules WinnfieldSamuel L JacksonMia WallaceUma ThurmanThe WolfHarvey KeitelPumpkinTim RothHoney BunnyAmanda PlummerFabienneMaria de MedeirosMarsellus WallaceVing RhamesLanceEric StoltzJodyRosanna ArquetteCaptain KoonsChristopher WalkenButch CoolidgeBruce WillisJimmieQuentin TarantinoSurly Buddy Holly WaiterSteve BuscemiThe GimpStephen HibbertZedPeter GreeneBrettFrank WhaleyTrudiBronagh Gallagher

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rolenameDirectorQuentin Tarantino

Details

Theatrical distributor

Park Circus

Released on

2014-05-16

Languages

English | French | Spanish

Guidance

Violence, swearing, sex scenes, drug abuse, and nudity.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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