Šund je brutalna črna komedija o podzemlju Los Angelesa.Tarantino je v svojevrstnem slogu izpovedal tri neodvisne, a z nevidnimi nitmi pretkane in z usodo povezane zgodbe, ki so živopisne in humorne, hkrati pa vsebujejo prefinjeno količino humorja. Vloge, ki so neredko bizarne in zabavne, vključujejo par plačanih morilcev, boksarja na begu, ki je prevaral gangsterskega šefa, šefovo ženo, ki je žrtev dolgočasja, dva ljubimca, ki načrtujeta nenavadno spremembo kariere, in vrsto drugih, ki dopolnjujejo ta pisani kalejdoskop Tarantinovih likov.
Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) are two hit men who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia (Uma Thurman) out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.