Story
A young butch sits in front of the television, turning it off at the arrival of Captain Koons, a military man who served with his now deceased father and is tasked with gifting him a golden watch that has been in his family’s possession for generations.
Two hitmen, Jules and Vincent drive towards an unsuspecting partner of they’re boss, Marcellus Wallace, intimidating the men so that they give up the whereabouts of a black case and its contents and are shot for crossing Wallace.
After they drive back with a twitchy Marvin who was undercover in the apartment of the two victims, Vincent accidentally shoots Marvin in the face and so they are forced to seek help from someone Wallace knows at his dismay. The Wolf is called in to fix the situation so that the mess is cleaned up before Bonnie gets home.
Pumpkin and Honey Bunny plot to rob the diner they are in after coming to the conclusion that it would be far easier as no one expects a diner to be robbed. After threatening the customers and staff, Jules, who is also eating at the diner has a stand off with the two robbers and Vincent comes to support him after he returns from the bathroom. Jules, after being sent what he believes to be a message from God, decides not to kill the two robbers and instead lets them take the money but not his case and the hitmen both calmly walk out.
Butch, an ageing boxer agrees with Marcellus Wallace to lose a fight and is now in the middle of the fight, resting between rounds as he prepares to enter the ring once more. He leaves the room in an enthusiastic manner.
Vincent agrees to take care of Wallace’s wife for a night where they go to a 50’s style restaurant and take part in a dance competition. After they leave the restaurant, Vincent is in the bathroom persuading himself not to sleep with her whilst she is overdosing on cocaine in the other room, forcing him to drive her to the home of his dealer where he has to inject her with adrenaline straight to her heart, saving her life and leaving for the night.
Butch is shown to have killed his opponent against the wishes of Wallace and so he sets out to find him. After his girlfriend leaves his watch at home, he sets out to retrieve it, only to find Vincent in his house and shoots him, leaving soon after before being stared down by Wallace and attempting to run him over. The two men run into a pawn shop where Butch almost kills Wallace but the shop owner stops him from doing so, calling a friend, a local security guard who rapes Marcellus. Butch escapes from his restraints and goes to leave before deciding to help Wallace, taking a katana and brutalizing his captors, leaving on a motorcycle and driving off with his girlfriend while Wallace is left to torture the security guard.
Plot
Pumpkin and Honey Bunny plot to rob the diner they are in after coming to the conclusion that it would be far easier as no one expects a diner to be robbed. They stand up and begin to shout at the staff and the customers.
Two hitmen, Jules and Vincent drive towards an unsuspecting partner of they’re boss, Marcellus Wallace, intimidating the men so that they give up the whereabouts of a black case and its contents and are shot for crossing Wallace.
Butch, an ageing boxer agrees with Marcellus Wallace to lose a fight for money.
Vincent agrees to take care of Wallace’s wife for a night where they go to a 50’s style restaurant and take part in a dance competition. After they leave the restaurant, Vincent is in the bathroom persuading himself not to sleep with her whilst she is overdosing on cocaine in the other room, forcing him to drive her to the home of his dealer where he has to inject her with adrenaline straight to her heart, saving her life and leaving for the night.
A young butch sits in front of the television, turning it off at the arrival of Captain Koons, a military man who served with his now deceased father and is tasked with gifting him a golden watch that has been in his family’s possession for generations. Now in the middle of the fight, Butch prepares himself to enter the ring once more. He leaves the room in an enthusiastic manner.
Butch is shown to have killed his opponent against the wishes of Wallace and so he sets out to find him. After his girlfriend leaves his watch at home, he sets out to retrieve it, only to find Vincent in his house and shoots him, leaving soon after before being stared down by Wallace and attempting to run him over. The two men run into a pawn shop where Butch almost kills Wallace but the shop owner stops him from doing so, calling a friend, a local security guard who rapes Marcellus. Butch escapes from his restraints and goes to leave before deciding to help Wallace, taking a katana and brutalizing his captors, leaving on a motorcycle and driving off with his girlfriend while Wallace is left to torture the security guard.
Jules believes to have received a sign from God after he survives when he should have been easily killed. The two hitmen drive away and Vincent accidentally shoots Marvin in the face so they have to call in ‘The Wolf’ to get the mess cleaned up before Bonnie gets home.
Now returned to the diner scene where the film began now in the knowledge that Jules and Vincent are present when the robbery occurs. Jules, eating at the diner has a stand off with the two robbers and Vincent comes to support him after he returns from the bathroom. Jules, after being sent what he believes to be a message from God, decides not to kill the two robbers and instead lets them take the money but not his case and the hitmen both calmly walk out.
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