No discussion of male rape in cinema is complete without mentioning the brutal assault of Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 masterpiece, Pulp Fiction . The scene occurs after a car chase involving boxer Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) and the mob boss Wallace. Stumbling into a pawnshop, both men are subdued by two sadistic characters, hillbilly rednecks Zed and Maynard.
In Francis Ford Coppola’s crime epic, the most devastating moment is not a burst of violence, but a quiet realization. The "Kiss of Death" scene between Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) and his brother Fredo (John Cazale) during a New Year's Eve party in Havana is a masterclass in dramatic tension. No discussion of male rape in cinema is