Violence and gore are shown in many scenes depicting antiquity, medieval times and the French Revolution. Characters and historical figures are slashed, burnt and in the French scene decapitated. Shots of bloody cut-off human heads are prominently featured.
The 20th century scene shows army men gunning down victims and a man shooting himself in the head.
In the space scene, Adam's body is gradually dismembered by Lucifer and turned into a mechanical space ship. At one point his entrails leave his body and float off into space.
The future ice age scene shows a man eating a rabbit alive.