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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong violence and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • No sex or nudity shown. Only discussion of sexual topics at the very beginning of the film.
  • There is a few dialogues about the differences between "how the women act in bed"

Violence & Gore

  • A man shoots two cops in a car multiple times. Blood splatters on the windshield of the car.
  • A cop is shot in the chest by one of the robbers (Mr. Pink).
  • This scene lasts about one minute, but all we see is the victim getting cut above his eyebrow. His ear also gets cut off, but that is completely offscreen. The victim is then doused in gasoline and threatened to be burned alive.
  • Lots of bloody shootings with extended images of bloody wound detail.
  • A man is seen dying in a puddle of blood.
  • Not very gory for Tarantino, but one sceny is very sadistic and disturbing. Not for faint hearted.

Profanity

  • The word n***er is said 4 times.
  • There are 421 total uses of profanity.
  • The word fa**ot is said once.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Almost every character smokes cigarettes and drinks alcohol.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The ear scene could be considered frightening and/or intense
  • The film as a whole is very tense.
  • Many people die unexpectedly and very bloody, this can shock and disturb viewers.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A man threatens to burn a man alive but then gets shot. Blood spurts from his chest, his entire torso is covered in blood, we later see him in a large puddle of blood.
  • At the end of the movie a man points a gun at another man and two more point guns at eachother. They then fire and all get shot but two survive. There is little blood on one man but a lot of blood on another. It is implied they both get shot offscreen.
  • A man is shot in the abdomen by a woman who is also simultaneously shot dead by the man.
  • Mr. Brown is shot in the head and crashes his car, there is a bit of blood and Brown's brain trauma causes him to murmur in a disturbing manner.
  • A man is shot in the stomach, and throughout the rest of the film he is shown with an extreme amount of blood pouring out of his stomach. His entire shirt is completely drenched with blood and he is seen groaning in pain, struggling to breath and gasping for air fearing that he's dying while his friends drive him in a big panic.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The final scene can be emotional and intense for some viewers

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