Not going to even try reading through the comments, but will point out that QT didn't swap to black and white because he thought it looked cool. He did it to avoid having to censor the entire scene as opposed to just small snippets. The full colour, uncut scene from the Japanese version is saturated in blood and is…

Armageddon is in there too. I wish I was kidding.

Didn't The Professional come out in 1994?