Kill Bill - Volume One | Uma Thurman, David Carradine

Kill Bill - Volume One | Uma Thurman, David Carradine | ONE OF TARANTNO'S BEST

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	Kill Bill - Volume One Uma Thurman, David Carradine Miramax, 2004 average customer review:based on 1129 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Outstanding

After the disappointing Jackie Brown, I was glad to see Tarantino back to his best. Kill Bill Vol. 1 is outstanding, a classic tale of betrayal and the bloody vengeance taken by the betrayed, The Bride, played to perfection by Uma Thurman. And yes, the film is very violent and very bloody (what else do you expect from Tarantino?) but excellent nonetheless. The plot holds your attention throughout and there is never a dull moment. The fight scenes are exemplar (the scene where Uma Thurman dispatches hordes and hordes of Yakuza swordsmen is unbelievable), and what I love is the fact that on not a few occasions our heroine (if you can call a former assassin that!) almost comes close to losing and being killed by those she is seeking to wreak vengeance on, showing that although The Bride is an excellent fighter, she is not perfect, making her an even more sympathetic protagonist. Excellent movie-making: this is what film is all about. I can't wait to watch Volume 2. You better not let me down, Tarantino!

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ONE OF TARANTNO'S BEST

I know that title may not mean much since this is only Tarantino's fourth full feature. But this is a movie that leaves you wanting more. Granted that will happen with the release of part two. But until that time, fans will have to salivate over this portion.

The story: a lady know only here as "the Bride" (Uma Thurman) is nearly beaten to death at her wedding. She is then shot in the head at point blank range by Bill (an unseen David Carradine). She goes into a coma for four years and awakes to find a hospital attendant has been offering her "services" to anyone willing to pay. She takes out the current customer and the attendant and tries to leave.

Flashbacks tell the tale here of how she was part of an assassination squad, the deadliest ever assembled. When she tried to leave, they took her out instead. On her wedding day. While she was pregnant.

Now awake from her coma, she has plans for revenge. The film opens with her attack on what seems like a normal soccer mom (Vivica A. Fox). The two spar back and forth using what they come across as weapons, ending with knives. When Fox' little girl comes home, they pause to set up a time and date to finish. Then...well I won't blow that for you.

Flashback again as we see the Bride heading to Okinawa. There, she has a sword crafted for her by the best maker alive (Sonny Chiba). He's stopped making them but when he learns of her intentions for this one, especially since Bill was his protégé at one time, he makes her the best sword possible.

Sword in hand, she head to Tokyo and the first person on her list: O-Ren Ishi (Lucy Lui). We are treated to an anime tale of how she came to rise from a little girl who watched her parents murdered to an assassin to the head of the Japanese Yakuza. She will not be someone that the Bride will take out with ease.

The confrontation takes place in a Japanese night spot. Not only does the Bride have to face off against Lui, she must first take on the gang she leads, her own group of sword wielding assassins. If she can get past them, she faces O-Ren's personal bodyguards. And finally, she will face off against O-Ren herself.

What happens to this point, and I am sure you can guess the outcome, ends the picture. Almost. A special cliff hanger is dropped on the viewer just before the credits role and the anticipation of seeing part two explodes.

This movie is Tarantino's tribute to the movies he learned to love visiting what he calls "grindhouses", those cheap low scale theaters that were full of unsavory characters in attendance and needed hosed down with bug spray almost nightly. Tarantino grew to love these movies in their environment and while working in a video store. His love of these movies, everything from spaghetti westerns to samurai films, is apparent in most of his movies, but never as much as it is here. This movie is an homage to those films.

The action in this film fills the screen more than not. The blood in this film flows bright red and fluidly, so much so that even though it appears fake it still elicited oohs and aahs from the crowd I saw it with. Everything from splitting a man in two to decapitations to mutilations is on view here, reminding me of movies like SHOGUN ASSASSIN. And it should. That is the exact type of movie he is paying his respects to!

More than anything this movie was made for fans of movies. Note, I did not say "motion pictures". I said movies. There's a difference. While members of an elitist film scholarly group will embrace this movie because of the name attached, it is the fans of movies that will love this one.

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Destined to be a classic!

Action enough to keep your blood pumping. Campy enough to keep you smiling. Uma is superb!

You must see both films on the same night. Just great entertainment.

Not for small children, maybe not for children period

Kill Bill DVD

One wonders who is buying this stuff.

Kill Bill was made by the extreme fringe of Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill is a quest for revenge.
The Bride , Uma Thurman is carted away in a four-year-long coma. She wakes up and vows revenge. The movie is all about her revenge and how she gets it.

Warning gobs and gobs of blood.

Not something I'd let small children see, in fact I don't believe I'd let children of any age see it.

If you enjoy Quentin Tarantino you'll enjoy this movie. Otherwise save your money for something else.

Gunner March 2008

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