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- Spoilers (14)
Certification
Sex & Nudity
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- Two characters talk about if a foot massage is as bad as having sex with someone's wife.
- Jules and Vincent shower outside. We only see them from the waist up.
- A man takes a shower, but nothing is shown.
- A man wears a leather suit implied to be a sex suit. But this suit isn't revealing at all.
- Occasional sexual references from the protagonists.
- Two girls are talking about piercings, one of them mentions that she has a piercing on her genitals.
- A man wears a gimp suit not revealing.
- When Butch gets out of the shower his penis and pubic hair can be seen but very brief.
- A man rapes another man in front of two other men. No nudity. Pushing visible.
Violence & Gore
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- Jules suddenly shoots another man without warning. No blood.
- Butch throws the hotel's TV in anger after Fabienne admitted she forgot to bring his father's watch.
- Vincent Vega injects heroin into his arm. It shows the needle slowly piercing and entering his skin in closeup and then as the blood fills up the syringe. This is all shown for a lengthy amount of time and might make some viewers squirm.
- Butch Coolidge punches the gimp in the face, knocking him out.
- Butch Coolidge accidently kills his opponent (offscreen) in a boxing match.
- A man is shot several times offscreen by Jules and Vincent. The scene is repeated later on the film with visible blood spurts.
- Butch Coolidge is whipped in the face with the butt of a shotgun by Maynard, knocking him out.
Profanity
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- 265 uses of "fuck"
- Some slurs for Vietnamese, Koreans, and Mexicans are heard in the opening scene.
- The n-word is used fairly frequently by various characters.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- Frequent cigarette smoking.
- Two men have a lengthy discussion about how hash is legal in Amsterdam.
- A man buys heroin from his friend. He then describes how the heroin makes you high, when you use it, where it comes from and how much it costs.
- One man briefly smokes marijuana using a joint and a woman uses a bong.
- Some casual drinking.
- A woman uses a credit card to get some cocaine ready to snort however the use of the drug is not shown but implied.
- A woman goes into a bathroom and puts her head down (off camera) and we hear her snorting something (cocaine) there are several other women doing the same thing, she then pulls her head up and has a bit of cocaine underneath her nose which she wipes.
- Almost all of the drug use ends up backfiring against whoever uses it. The drug use though is very explicit, especially the heroin scene which is shown in extremely graphic detail and for an extended period of time.
- A man graphically prepares and injects heroin and a woman mistakes it for cocaine and snorts some. She collapses and nearly dies before getting an adrenaline shot to the heart.
- Many uses of drugs throughout the entire of film.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- Although the violence is meant to be darkly funny, some may find it disturbing, intense or distasteful.
- A man is raped in front of other people as a sign of dominance and perversion. Disturbing and upsetting.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- Butch Coolidge shoots Vincent Vega with a submachine gun, causing blood spurts to his chest. The aftermath is shown with the body of Vincent covered in blood and bullet holes, with some blood splattered on the wall.
- Marsellus Wallace is raped violently by Zed.
- Butch Coolidge punches Marsellus Wallace repeatedly in the face, knocking him out in the process.
- Mia overdoeses on heroin and gets a nosebleed and as a result.
- Butch Coolidge intentionally drives into Marsellus Wallace, causing him to collide with another car along the way. We see Butch's face covered in blood as well as his shirt.
- Marsellus Wallace shoots at Butch Coolidge several times but misses, only to shoot an innocent woman by accident. Blood squirts out of her leg and she screams in excruciating pain.
- Zed is shot in the groin with a shotgun by Marsellus Wallace, resulting in blood spurting out. He is then shown on the floor in pain.
- In one of the film's most (in)famous scenes, Vincent Vega accidently shoots Marv in the face, covering the rear window with blood. Jules and Vincent are also covered in Marv's blood and brain matter. A darkly comic scene, some viewers may find it disturbing.
- A man with a revolver storms out of a bathroom and shoots at Jules and Vincent. None of his shots hit either men. The pair then shoot the man in the chest, killing him instantly.
- Butch Coolidge attacks Maynard with a katana, causing a visible bloody wound to his chest. Butch then fatally stabs Maynard in the chest.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
- Mia Wallace is a drug addict. She is seen snorting cocaine multiple times and smoking frequently. She also mistakes heroin for cocaine and snorts it and almost dies from overdose.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- The whole section in which Butch and Marcellus are captured and put in a basement is disturbing. The lighting is very dim and the characters are psychotic. This section will likely upset the younger audience and some sensitive adults.
- Vincent Vega shooting Marv in the face may startle some viewers due to its abrupt nature.
- The scene where Mia snorts heroin and almost dies is quite disturbing.
