32. Jules Winnfield
Pulp Fiction
The coolest assassin ever, Jules is a Jheri-curled, scripture-quoting badass. The mixture of Quentin Tarantino's lengthy writing and Samuel L. Jackson's own air of natural cool, Jules Winnfield is truly a bad motherfucker.
Of course, there's a deeper character to Jules than just a professional killer in a cool suit. His scripture-quoting doesn't come from some bullshit perspective of being cool, he's a religious man, a believer in divine intervention that, after a close call with a loaded gun, decides to change his ways. Even taking the non-violent route while handling being a hostage in a diner heist. Jules keeps his calm and composure during even the hardest of cases (just don't shoot someone in the face).
Defining moment: Oh geez what the fuck else am I going to choose other than his delivery of Ezekiel 25:17
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
His two deliveries of this line are greatly different. His first, while shaking down someone for a briefcase, is loud and forceful, like he truly is the Lord. The second, though, is after his epiphany and is delivered softer while calming down his captor, he's trying real hard to be the shepherd.
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