The Mexican Standoff
Variations on the ''Mexican standoff'' — the moment when three protagonists are all pointing guns at each other — appear throughout Tarantino's work. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction both end with one, although with different outcomes. (The former features a mysterious magic bullet.) More generally, almost all of Tarantino's movies feature a moment when two characters hold weapons on each other, therefore allowing them to say some good lines of dialogue before a final bloody showdown.
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