Overview
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.
As much as I liked the first installment of this movie, the second installment (more of a continuation than a sequel) blows Volume 1 out of the water. The violence and action-packed “Volume 1” sets the stage for an often thoughtful and humanistic storyline.
For me, the best part of this movie was seeing Tarantino at work. Tarantino the writer started with a completely blanks slate and made something that (not unlike is other films) is a little off-kilter. The story moves along at a pace that he sees fit and he isn’t afraid to stop the story to go tell another story. Tarantino the director is even better here. I can’t remember the last modern film where the director uses music and color to add flavor to his story. At times the story turns to black and white, at other times 70’s funk plays to bring the viewer back to the genre that Tarantino grew up with. The opening scene is the perfect example of this: Uma Thurman driving a convertible down a road, almost romanticizing her vendetta. The wind barely touches her hair and she doesn’t once look at the road. The since is shot in a surreal color scheme – not quite black and white, maybe more of a silvery effect.
Also, don’t be afraid to watch this movie without seeing the first one.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Movie title: Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Movie description: The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.
Date published: 2008-06-14
Director(s): Quentin Tarantino
Actor(s): Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Gordon Liu Chia-Hui, Michael Parks, Perla Haney-Jardine, Larry Bishop, Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Julie Dreyfus, Christopher Allen Nelson, Helen Kim, Laura Cayouette, Jun Kunimura, Goro Daimon, Kazuki Kitamura, Akaji Maro, Shun Sugata, Sachiko Fujii, Sakichi Satô, Yoji Tanaka, Sô Yamanaka, Chiaki Kuriyama, Claire Smithies, Issey Takahashi, Sid Haig
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
My Review
As much as I liked the first installment of this movie, the second installment (more of a continuation than a sequel) blows Volume 1 out of the water. The violence and action-packed “Volume 1” sets the stage for an often thoughtful and humanistic storyline.
For me, the best part of this movie was seeing Tarantino at work. Tarantino the writer started with a completely blanks slate and made something that (not unlike is other films) is a little off-kilter. The story moves along at a pace that he sees fit and he isn’t afraid to stop the story to go tell another story. Tarantino the director is even better here. I can’t remember the last modern film where the director uses music and color to add flavor to his story. At times the story turns to black and white, at other times 70’s funk plays to bring the viewer back to the genre that Tarantino grew up with. The opening scene is the perfect example of this: Uma Thurman driving a convertible down a road, almost romanticizing her vendetta. The wind barely touches her hair and she doesn’t once look at the road. The since is shot in a surreal color scheme – not quite black and white, maybe more of a silvery effect.
Also, don’t be afraid to watch this movie without seeing the first one.
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My Review - 8.5/10
8.5/10