Favourite Duos #4 - Jules Winfield and Vincent Vega (Pulp Fiction)

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This is a duo which doesn't get as much screen-time as the others on this list, but there is a clear dynamic between these two characters.

Jules and Vincent are enforcers for the crime boss Marsellus Wallace, who are tasked with recovering a mysterious glowing briefcase from a group of former associates. Vincent presents himself as a suave and charismatic figure, but it becomes increasingly clear that he isn't the most competent henchman around. It's his partner Jules who often sees the job through, but he starts have second thoughts after surviving a shootout due to what he believes is divine intervention.

The frequently re-enacted Breakfast Scene shows the pair at work, with Jules acting as spokesperson while Vincent hangs around and smokes. Instead of checking to see if there's anyone else in the apartment. Like the guy hiding in the bathroom with a hand cannon who tries to jump them, triggering the aforementioned divine intervention. Vincent still refuses to take the blame, and instead chastises their informant for not telling them about the ambush. He later shows a complete lack of trigger discipline while discussing the divine intervention with the informant, accidentally shooting him in the face.

Jules himself goes through an interesting development after the shootout, to the point where he talks down a pair of armed robbers at a diner by explaining his ambivalence towards his life of crime, and the Bible verse he would traditionally quote before killing someone. We still follow Vincent for most of the film, and his story has a clear end. I suppose I haven't really discussed Jules much, but the film essentially shows what ultimately happens when he's not around to back Vincent up.

The duo's opening scene is mostly a casual conversation about burgers, and later shifts to some more plot-relevant dialogue about Mia Wallace, whom Vincent is taking out for a meal. But it's the so-called "Bonnie Situation" which shows how much the pair can get at each other's throats.

I don't know about you, but I want to see a film with Jules "walking the Earth" as he says he's going to do after retiring.