Comments on: 17 Copycat Films Spawned From Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Pulp Fiction’

By: JX

JX — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 03:32:00 +0000

If you were really interesting you would list the films Tarantino ripped off making Pulp Fiction.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

Big fan of Way of the Gun.

By: triguous

triguous — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

I love The Way of the Gun. Why it landed Christopher McQuarrie in director's jail for ten years still mystifies me. Ryan Phillippe is particularly outstanding as "Parker". I thought for sure it'd make an A-lister out of him. I'd still very much love to see McQuarrie's original 2.5 hour cut of the film.

By: Washington

Washington — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

What on earth are you talking about with Way of the Gun? The third act is almost entirely a great gunfight (even better than Heat's) that the film had been building toward and half the "memorable moments" you listed are IN IT. Are you remembering it right?

By: Washington

Washington — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

"Ringo Lam's "City on Fire" (which he appropriated large swaths of for "Reservoir Dogs") "

Wait I just read the rest of the article. Another clueless idiot who has clearly never actually bothered to watch City on Fire, just repeats a movie nerd trivia thing he heard on the internet once.

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

2 Guns from last year with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg felt like it had Tarantino written all over it.
It had all the hallmarks of a Tarantino ripoff – the long speeches, the explosions of violence, etc.

By: Edward Davis

Edward Davis — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

Happy Palookaville got a good notice. It's solid. Much like "Bottle Rocket" in the bumbling crime/comedy vein. These other films are mostly trash (aside from Amores Perros, good grade there too).

By: rodie

rodie — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

Um, Tarantino is a copycat (just a very good one), but this article seems to make him out like some kind of original that others immediately followed. But really what happened is Pulp Fiction blew up and so all these scripts and ideas people already had been wanting to do in a similar tone suddenly got greenlit and found financial backing from people wanting to strike on the Pulp Fiction train.

By: look

look — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

How about Things to do in Denver when your dead(1996). It even has Walken.

By: dave rare

dave rare — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

the female assassin genre movie "Domino" with Kiera Knightley, Christopher Walken, and Tom Waits? "Broken Arrow" with Travolta. "Face/Off" with Travolta and Cage. "Con Air" and "The Rock" with Cage. "Crimson Tide"'s uncredited Tarantino rewrite. "Plump Fiction" the lame parody movie. Every direct to DVD "From Dusk Till Dawn" sequel. "The Rules of Attraction" by Roger Avary name drops Tarantino, as do "Die Hard with a Vengeance" and "Captain America:The Winter Soldier". "Destiny Turns on the Radio" starring Tarantino. "Curdled" with the character Angela Villalobos. "Romy & Michelle" had a Big Kahuna Burger. "Space Jam" had a Pulp in-joke.

By: Mike Shields

Mike Shields — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

How could you forget Boogie Boy w/ Mark Dacascos, Karen Sheperd and Frederic Forrest? Advertised as from the producer of Pulp Fiction, Roger Avary. Yeah, right!

By: Drew Morton

Drew Morton — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

I always dug PALOOKAVILLE and WAY OF THE GUN. Also? BIG TROUBLE!

By: brian

brian — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

Go rocks. Very overlooked.

By: Carson Wells

Carson Wells — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

I might be the only one but I though the Brazillian film City of God had a Pulp Fiction feel to it.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

You left out the horrible MAD DOG TIME, by Joey Bishop's kid.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

You left out the horrible THURSDAY, a Siskel & Ebert's bete noire.

By: Indie fan

Indie fan — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

Requiem For A Dream
Thursday
Keys To Tulsa
I think 90s was indie film bonanza. I loved many indies for that era.
So, no one was really influenced by Robert Rodrigues?

By: Eric Robert Wilkinson

Eric Robert Wilkinson — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

Just a thought: Joe Carnahan's BLOOD GUTS BULLETS & OCTANE (1998)

By: Dale Granzow

Dale Granzow — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

American Hustle was like a Tarantino movie without the action. If even one head had exploded, it would have been on this list.

By: Ze

Ze — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:20 +0000

In terms of intertwined narratives, i can see the influence of Pulp Fiction in both Magnolia and Playing by Heart. Oh, and Crash too, to be honest…

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:19 +0000

i like Very Bad Things & Reindeer Games. sorry.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:19 +0000

"Feeling Minnesota"
"The Immortals" (1995)
"Blood Guts Bullets and Octane"
"Thursday"
"Destiny Turns On the Radio"
"Albino Alligator"
"Truth or Consequence, N.M."
"Fall Time"
"Love & a .45"
"Freeway"
"Smokin' Aces"

By: Joe Camel

Joe Camel — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:19 +0000

Don't forget TWENTY BUCKS as an impressive predecessor.

By: Ryan O.

Ryan O. — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:19 +0000

I just want to let whoever wrote the bit about "The Boondock Saints" know that I am still standing and applauding. I hate that movie so much that I can't even come up with something intelligible to say about it other than "**** that movie."

By: V. Mukerji

V. Mukerji — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:19 +0000

Very bad things should more aptly be noted as a noir precedent for the Hangover series. And it was much better than you say it was..
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