Movie enthusiasts with Netflix are in for a treat as one of the most iconic films ever produced is now streaming at no extra charge on the platform. Originally released on 21 October 1994 in the UK, the movie features an ensemble cast of some of Hollywood’s finest actors.
Audiences have the chance to once again experience the captivating and darkly humorous world of this crime epic as it hits its 30-year milestone. The stellar lineup includes Samuel L Jackson, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Ving Rhames, among others, making it an essential watch for cinephiles.
That celebrated picture is none other than Pulp Fiction, from the renowned director Quentin Tarantino, reports the Express. Woven through various interlinked stories, the central plot orbits around two hitmen, Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega (played by Jackson and Travolta), who are tasked with recovering a suitcase for their employer Marsellus Wallace (Rhames).
Additionally, there’s a suspenseful chapter involving Vincent and Marsellus’ spouse Mia Wallace (Thurman), while pugilist Butch Coolidge (Willis) betrays the mob boss by taking the victory in a rigged match before fleeing.
Pulp Fiction is repeatedly cited in discussions about the greatest movies ever made and often referred to as a work of art by critics and cinema scholars. Currently, it ranks as the eighth film on IMDb’s Top 250 Movies list, based on user votes.
Entertainment Weekly heralded it as the best film since 1983 in 2008, surpassing even The Lord of the Rings series, Titanic, and Blue Velvet. Peter Bradshaw, a reviewer for The Guardian, on the occasion of the film’s 20th anniversary, lauded it as an “mesmeric thriller still breathtaking 20 years on.”
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“The dialogue, the soundtrack, the sheer directionless excitement Tarantino’s thunderclap of a thriller is just as brilliant as it was two decades ago,” he penned in his glowing five-star critique.
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Empire’s Ian Freer also lavished it with five stars at the time, commenting: “Pulp’s witty writing, pop culture-surfing, gleeful amorality, cult tuneology and hyperkinetic energy has redefined the crime genre for the foreseeable future.”
Cinephiles have consistently lauded Pulp Fiction over the past 30 years, solidifying its iconic status as a pinnacle of contemporary crime cinema.
A film buff exclaimed on Reddit: “I rewatched Pulp Fiction today, it’s still the greatest movie I have ever seen even when rewatching.And just this year, another posted: “Pulp Fiction is the greatest movie of the past 50 years. “”It did everything to near perfection. Every second of this film was thought out. And it shows.
“”What’s better? Seriously? It does everything so well. Not a single shot was just to get it over with. Everything mattered!.”
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