8 Problems With Pulp Fiction That Nobody Wants To Admit

5. The Internal Logic Of The World Is Inconsistent

Pulp Fiction doesn't pretend to exist in the "real world," but that doesn't mean it's set in an alternative Kill Bill-styled universe, where it's possible for somebody to kill dozens of people with a samurai sword without the cops ever showing up. So there are quite a lot of moments scattered throughout Pulp Fiction that ultimately don't make a whole lot of sense.

Whilst a lot of the "issues" could be put down to creative license, there are some things that just don't ring true - even according to the logic of the world that Tarantino conjures up (this is a world where it's possible to reverse a heroine overdose using an "adrenaline shot").

How about the fact that Jules and Vincent have a conversation right outside Brett's door, and yet the three men inside don't hear a thing and seem genuinely confused when the gangsters turn up? Mia Wallace overdoses on heroine, and yet Vince decides to take her home instead of to a hospital? And where are the cops, anyway? They don't respond to any of the incidents that occur - despite the film sharing a movie "world" with Reservoir Dogs.

Yes, you can put most of it down to "Who cares?" but there are a lot of plot holes and plot errors that occur across the span of Pulp Fiction that get lost in amongst whatever else is going on. Whilst Tarantino is free to do what he wants and has never attempted to make a movie set in the real world, fans seem to give the director far more leeway than they would with any other director, whose film would likely be called out for being "unrealistic."