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Pulp Reviews

1972

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Pulp fiction writer Mickey King (Michael Caine) gets mixed up with gangsters and murder on the island of Malta in this parody of private eye mysteries. It all begins when movie legend Preston Gilbert (Mickey Rooney) hires King to ghostwrite an autobiography about his colourful life, now he's dying of cancer. And Gilbert, who .. Read more

Starring	Giulio Donnini, Luciano Pigozzi, Al Lettieri, Lionel Stander
Director	Mike Hodges
Genres	Drama

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- Writer/director Hodges took his abrasive, mordant style from the Newcastle of Get Carter to the Mediterranean for this,... read more on Time Out
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  Going Through The Motions
  
  Director Mike Hodges and star Michael Caine reunite after working together on Get Carter. But this is no Get Carter!
  
  I remember enjoying Pulp when it... read more »
  
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  - 28 Mar 2005 at 10:52
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  NOTHING LIKE PULP FICTION
  
  POOR STORY
  
  BOARING
  
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  - 21 Oct 2008 at 16:13
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  For all Malta Fans
  
  I am not a huge Michael Caine fan, but I thought he was great in this film. He plays it with just enough tongue in cheek so as not to reduce the film to a farce... read more »
  
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  - 04 Apr 2008 at 10:07
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  Mickey Spillaine Meets Mickey Caine
  
  It seems that now Michael Caine is suddenly cool. Pulp proves that he always has been cool. After making Get Carter, Caine teamed up again with director Mike ... read more »
  
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- - Marc Smith
  - Bishop Auckland
  - 01 May 2005 at 18:51
- - 3
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  Going Through The Motions
  
  Director Mike Hodges and star Michael Caine reunite after working together on Get Carter. But this is no Get Carter!
  
  I remember enjoying Pulp when it... read more »
  
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  - 28 Mar 2005 at 10:52
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- - 3
  - 0
  Going Through The Motions
  
  Director Mike Hodges and star Michael Caine reunite after working together on Get Carter. But this is no Get Carter!
  
  I remember enjoying Pulp when it... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 85728
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Sheffield, England
  - 28 Mar 2005 at 10:52
- - 2
  - 0
  Mickey Spillaine Meets Mickey Caine
  
  It seems that now Michael Caine is suddenly cool. Pulp proves that he always has been cool. After making Get Carter, Caine teamed up again with director Mike ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 98731
- - Marc Smith
  - Bishop Auckland
  - 01 May 2005 at 18:51
- - 1
  - 0
  For all Malta Fans
  
  I am not a huge Michael Caine fan, but I thought he was great in this film. He plays it with just enough tongue in cheek so as not to reduce the film to a farce... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - a customer
  - North West London
  - 04 Apr 2008 at 10:07
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  WAFFLE
  
  NOTHING LIKE PULP FICTION
  
  POOR STORY
  
  BOARING
  
  BLAND
  
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- - OSo
  - 400 reviews
  - Tooting London
  - 21 Oct 2008 at 16:13

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  Pulp fiction writer Mickey King (Michael Caine) gets mixed up with gangsters and murder on the island of Malta in this parody of private eye mysteries. It all begins when movie legend Preston Gilbert (Mickey Rooney) hires King to ghostwrite an autobiography about his colourful life, now he's dying ...