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Kill Bill Vol. 2 |
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Distributor: Miramax
Format: Region 2 (PAL)
Length: 137 min.
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Audio: English, Spanish
Subtitles: English
Extras: Featurette - 1. The Making Of Kill Bill Vol. 2; Chingon Performance from the Kill Bill Vol. 2 Premiere; Deleted Scene
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, DTS Digital 5.1 Surround |
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Year of Release: 2003; Origin: United States; Studio: Miramax Films
Director: Quentin Tarantino; Producer: Lawrence Bender; Script: Quentin Tarantino; Action Director: Yuen Woo-ping; Cast: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Gordon Liu Chia-hui, Michael Parks, Samuel L. Jackson.
Alternative Titles: N/A
Despite the fact that Kill Bill was originally completed as one, there are still distinctive differences between the two parts of Tarantino’s kung fu/Samurai opus.
If Vol. 1 was the Eastern, Vol. 2 is certainly the Western. It is heavily laden with snappy Tarantino dialogue, fused by spaghetti western locales and pop genre references which make for another enthralling watch, as the true story of the ‘Bride’ (Uma) is unveiled and all those unanswered questions from the first film are finally answered.
The remaining victims scrawled on the Bride’s Deadly Viper Death List awaiting execution are retired yellow belly Budd (Madsen) and Samurai executioner Elle (Hannah), not to mention the man behind the whole plot, Bill himself (a great turn from Carradine).
The follow up never really rekindles the wild visceral carnage of its unabashed predecessor, but it more than makes up in character development and acute story telling. Still, the fight with Hannah is good, and Shaw Brothers geeks everywhere will just adore Tarantino’s heartfelt nod to the kung fu institution with the Bride's priceless flashback to her gruelling training under the auspices of the white brow priest, Pai Mei (Gordon Liu), an inspired inclusion that could have done with being a bit longer.
The finale is apathetic and beautifully crafted, far from anticlimactic, secured solely through the efforts of a superb actress and a director who has made this whole epic straight from the heart. When the parts are joined and watched as one, Kill Bill stands out as one of the all time great cult favourites and the best tongue-in-cheek homage to Eastern cinema that the West could ever hope to achieve. | 
Uma Thurman returns to finish what she started. With only a few names remaining on her Death List, Tarantino delivers another blood drenched excuse for all out carnage and concludes his two part Samurai opus with a tremendous punch. Ben Johnson wraps it all up.
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