Review of Pulp (1972) by Senor C — 04 Jan 2011
Director Mike Hodges & Michael Caine team up again after Get Carter w/ some mixed results. Caine is a pulp writer & is going to write Mickey Rooney's (who played a film gangster) biography but ends up investigating Rooney's murder.
Rooney is actually the best thing about this & I was sorry to see him bumped off so quickly leaving Caine to carry the weight of a rather weak script that has to be narrated to help things along. The pulp narrative doesn't always work but if you do have an ear for it it supplies the majority of the comedy even though it is dark.
For Caine completest if you can find it. It just makes me want to see Get Carter which I believe is probably a better effort.
This review of Pulp (1972) was written by Senor C on 04 Jan 2011.
Pulp has generally received mixed reviews.
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