Pulp Fiction (1994)

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Pulp Fiction (1994)

"Pumpkin" (Tim Roth) and "Honey Bunny" (Amanda Plummer) decide to rob the diner in which they're eating after realizing they could make more money off of customers than the business as with their last liquor store heist.

Hitmen Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) head to a Los Angeles apartment to retrieve a briefcase that was involved in a failed deal for their boss, gangster Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Their witty and philosophical banter is a striking juxtaposition against the scene's end, in which they kill Brett (Frank Whaley) and his cohorts in a dramatic fashion, sparing only their informant, Marvin (Phil LaMarr).

At Marsellus Wallace's request, Vincent Vega escorts Mrs. Wallace, Mia (Uma Thurman), to Jackrabbit Slim's, a slick 1950s-themed restaurant with look-alikes of the decade's top pop culture icons as staff. Mia recounts her experience as an actress in a failed television pilot, "Fox Force Five." Mia's character, Raven McCoy, was a knife expert raised by circus performers who knew "a zillion old jokes."

After winning the twist contest, they return to the Wallace house where Mia finds Vincent's stash of heroin in the pocket of his coat. She snorts it, mistaking it for cocaine, and overdoses. When a fearful Vincent finds her, he rushes her to his small-time drug dealer Lance (Eric Stoltz) for help. Together, they administer an adrenaline shot to Mia's heart, reviving her. Before the two part ways, Mia and Vincent agree not to tell Marsellus of the incident, both fearing what he might do to either of them.

Aging prizefighter Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) accepts a large sum of money from Marsellus, agreeing to "take a dive" in the fifth round of his upcoming match. Butch double-crosses Marsellus, instead betting the money he received from Marsellus on himself (with favorable odds). Butch wins the bout, accidentally killing his opponent in the process, and flees by taxi, enjoying a cigarette and a short interlude during the ride with a death-obsessed taxi-driver, Esmeralda Villalobos (Angela Jones).

There is a flashback in which a young Butch Coolidge (Chandler Lindauer) receives his father's watch from Vietnam veteran Captain Koons (Christopher Walken) while watching Clutch Cargo on the television. Butch's father died in a Vietnam War POW camp and at his dying request Koons hid the watch in his rectum for two years from the Vietcong to give to Butch. The gold watch, passed down from father to son since World War I, is of great sentimental value to Butch.

When Butch discovers his girlfriend Fabienne (Maria de Medeiros) has forgotten to pack the watch, he is compelled to return to his apartment and retrieve it though Marsellus's men are most likely looking for him. Butch moves quickly to retrieve the watch, but thinking no one awaits to kill him, he pauses for toaster pastries. Only then does he notice a silenced MAC-10 submachine gun on the kitchen counter. Hearing the toilet flush, Butch readies the gun in time to kill a startled Vincent Vega exiting the bathroom.

Returning from the apartment, Butch encounters Marsellus by chance, and the two grapple, landing in a pawnshop. Butch is about to shoot Marsellus, when the pawnshop owner Maynard (Duane Whitaker) captures them at gunpoint. Maynard and his accomplice Zed are sexual predators, and they tie the two captives with red ball gags strapped in their mouths. They take Marsellus into the back room and rape him, leaving a gimp to watch Butch. Butch breaks free from his bonds and knocks out The Gimp, and is prepared to flee when he hesitates, deciding to save Marsellus. As Zed is raping Marsellus on a small wooden pommel horse, Butch kills Maynard with a katana from the shop. Zed retreats, but Marsellus retrieves Maynard's shotgun, shooting Zed in the groin. Marsellus informs Butch that they are even with respect to the money and botched fight-fix, so long as he never tells anyone about the rape and leaves Los Angeles forever. Butch agrees, leaving town on Zed's chopper with Fabienne.

The story now flashes back to Vincent and Jules. After Vincent and Jules shot Brett, another man (Alexis Arquette, Rosanna Arquette's real-life brother) bursts out of the bathroom and shoots wildly at them, missing every time before an astonished Jules and Vincent can return fire. Jules decides this is a miracle and a sign from God for him to retire as a hit man. Vincent disagrees, and as they drive he asks their informant, Marvin, for his opinion, accidentally shooting him in the head while carelessly waving his gun.

Forced to remove their bloodied car and clothing from the road, Jules calls upon the house of his friend Jimmy (Quentin Tarantino). Jimmy objects to the situation, saying his wife, Bonnie, will be returning soon from work. At Jules's request, Marsellus arranges the help of Winston Wolfe (Harvey Keitel). Wolfe takes control of the situation, ordering Jules and Vincent to clean the car, hide the body in the trunk, dispose of their bloody clothes, and change into "dorky" T-shirts provided by Jimmy. He also pays Jimmy for his linens, used to cover the bloody seats while they drive to a junkyard run by Raquel (Julia Sweeney). When Wolfe and Raquel leave for breakfast, Jules and Vincent decide to do the same.

While Jules and Vincent eat, the discussion returns to Jules's decision to retire. While Vincent is in the bathroom, the pair of thieves from the first scene hold up the diner. "Pumpkin" demands all of the patrons' valuables, including Jules's mysterious case. Jules surprises "Ringo," holding him at gunpoint. "Honey Bunny" becomes hysterical, and trains her gun on Jules just as Vincent emerges from the restroom with his gun trained on her in a Mexican standoff. Jules explains his ambivalence toward his life of crime and as his first act of redemption convinces the two robbers to take the cash and valuables in exchange for the case and their departure.

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