We're talking about film-buff directors,right?This has gotten too far in my humble opinion from that neo-geek persona.What if so many Takeshi Kitanos and King Hus,not to mention Sergio Leones have re-invented and heralded the genre of exploitation film,be it western,manga or martial arts? "Oh well,am so smart,I will split my film in two so people will be fooled by the duration and hooray!I'm on the top 10 of film-makers!No independence,just film-making." May I have the verdict please?
I'm calling you a killer. A natural born killer. You always have been, and you always will be. Moving to El Paso, working in a used record store, goin' to the movies with Tommy, clipping coupons. That's you, trying to disguise yourself as a worker bee That's you tryin' to blend in with the hive. But you're not a worker bee. You're a renegade killer bee. And no matter how much beer you drank or barbecue you ate or how fat your ass got, nothing in the world would ever change that.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Chia Hui Liu, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen
Genre: Action/Crime/Thriller
Running time: 131 minutes
My review:
With this thrilling, must-see movie event writer and director Quentin Tarantino completes the action-packed quest for revenge begun by the Bride in Kill Bill: Volume 1. Having already crossed two names from her Death List, The Bride is back with a vengeance and taking aim at Budd and Elle Driver, the only survivors from the squad of assassins who betrayed her four years earlier. Its all leading up to the ultimate confrontation with Bill, The Brides forther master and the man who ordered her execution. As the acclaimed follow-up to the instant classic Volume 1. You know all about the unlimited action and humour, but until you have seen Kill Bill: Volume 2 you only know half the story. Kill Bill: Volume is a huge success to its prequel. It has the same impactful action and awesome visual effects but I think this one was a bit too long. This one is on 25 minutes longer than the first film and there were a few scenes that could have been shortened a bit but not cut at all. The acting was once again absolutely fantastic from Uma Thurman and so was David Carradine as Bill. This is like a persoanl battle for the Bride because her daughter is really alive and she wants to kill Bill but she doesnt because she loved him so much. This one was more graphic than the first one and there is a scene which probably might have had a few complaints and is quite a disturbing scene. That scene is where the Bride is buried alive by Budd. Quentin Tarantino writes this film ever so well as he did in the first film but this isnt his best written film though. Cant ever beat Pulp Fiction. This one isnt as good as the first one but still a classic film that is truly one of the best films of 2004 and one of the best action packed films of all time.
Less gory and more story concentrated than the first this one concludes the revenge tale of Kiddo i believe is her name. The storytelling with the black and white shots and the time shifting-? anyways-ITS A WINNER
As good as Volume 1! Without this you wouldn't be able to understand the whole basis of the plot. All the lose ends are tied up in here. Although the fight scenes weren't that impressive and there wasn't lots of cinematographic diversity, I still loved it. It gave perfect closure to the story and it explained everything thoroughly. Probably, my favorite character here was Budd (Michael Madsen), he was so real, and Madsen gave a fine performance. My only thing against the movie is that they didn't gave a full background for the other characters. They throughly explained Oren Ishii in the first one, but they didn't tell us were did Beatrix, Bill, Budd, Vernita Green and Elle Driver came from. They give us the main traits from all of them, but they don't tell us their backgrounds, why are they asassins? That's the only thing I would've liked to have. Hopefully Tarantino will give us a Kill Bill: Volume 3 where he explains all this as a prequel (lol). I adored the ending, of the movie and even past the credits. The way even the characters from the first one are reminded with that perfect song made me fall in love with the storyline all over again. Tarantino is known for his excess, this movies are no exception. Its precisely the excess of blood, of gore, of hate and revenge which makes so genius. I also love about him the fact that he is very meticulous with his dialogues, he doesn't allow for the movie to have a simple script, it all has to be smart and build up. The dialogues in both movies are so awesome, I could listen to their sarcasm all the long and wouldn't get bored. Those are the things that make a movie a MASTERPIECE!
One of the greatest cinematic achievments. An epic movie in every sense of the word. Tarantino is at his best here, getting oscar worthy performaces out of Uma Thurman and David Carradine. The unexpected and unpredictable final chapter is really intense. A masterpiece and my favourite film of all time.
Excellent movie... Well, volume 2 is a continuation of volume 1 (they are one movie, split into 2 parts) and the difference between the two of them are night and day. While the last movie explained very little in the way of plot, and the character's histories, Volume 2 gives you everything that you missed in the last installment. There was some amazing action in this movie. There were less grandiose battles, and more one on one settling of personal differences, which were intimate and really damn cool. While some of the characters may be a bit long winded about their pasts, or their motives, what they talk about is definitely worth paying attention to. This will definitely strike a chord with the fans of QT. This highly stylized, well directed movie had some nice sup rises if you can forget the fact that you know what happens in the end. Every performance, from the Bride to B.B (her daughter)was stellar. With a jump start beginning, an emotional ending, and some great plot fleshing, action, laughs, emotion, and insight this conclusion of a revenge story, could not have been more sweet. I like it.
Budd thinks she deserves her reveng and they deserve to die...but I think Bill deserve his revenge and she deserves to die and I think what Bill had done was right...and I haven't forgatten that this was a mivie!!
How can a movie so goofy and silly be considered good cultured entertainment?
To me, this movie has the direction and pallete of a great achievement by Quentin Tarantino.
During the movie Pulp Fiction, Uma Thurmon asked Tarantino to make a movie about her character The Bride, and fifteen years later, this one came out. After one immediate sequel, there will be a third, fifteen years following these two.
A tale of revenge. In a world where revenge is the obsession, how does one live a meaningul life without vengeance?
A bit over the top and a greater suspension of disbelief than with which we are normally comfortable, this movie works.
Endearing.
Two things are readily apparent about Kill Bill Volume 2. First, unlike its predecessor, this is a complete movie. It stands on its own. It is possible to see and enjoy Volume 2 in a way that was not true of Volume 1. Viewed in retrospect, the first installment now seems like an easily discarded prologue. The real meat is in Volume 2. Secondly, Quentin Tarantino needs a new editor - someone who can convince him to make the really hard cuts. Sally Menke, who has held that post for all of Tarantino's movies, couldn't/wouldn't/didn't convince the ego-centric filmmaker that eliminating about 30 minutes of filler from Kill Bill Volume 2 would have made it a leaner, meaner motion picture. The running time is 130 minutes; it should have been about 1:30.
Gripes about the needless length are not minor. There are too many scenes in this film that damage the pacing. It feels bloated - as if the director, given the freedom afforded by lopping off 100 minutes and calling it Volume 1, could re-insert all sorts of material originally slated for the cutting room floor. (Do the math. If the original cut of Kill Bill was about 190 minutes, and the running times of the split parts are 108 minutes and 130 minutes respectively, that means Tarantino got an extra 40 minutes.) Rather than flowing smoothly, Kill Bill Volume 2 lurches from point-to-point, giving screen time to secondary characters who are neither colorful enough nor intriguing enough to warrant it. This is the case of a director having fallen too much in love with his material. Every scene is a child; he won't give it up. The result is that much of Volume 2, for all of its strengths, is self-indulgent.
That's the bad news. The good news is that, despite its lugubriousness, it's still a good motion picture - a clear improvement upon episode one. There's much less action, a lot more talking, and a legitimate effort to build the characters played by Uma Thurman and David Carradine. Those in search of a kung-fu gore-fest like Volume 1 will be sorely disappointed. There are a few action sequences (about four, depending on what you count as "action"), all of which are quick and brutal. There's nothing even as sustained as the one-on-one between Thurman and Vivica A Fox in Volume 1. Volume 2 is a talky affair. Although much of the dialogue isn't vintage Tarantino (except a scene like Bill's "Superman" monologue), there's no sense that the characters are inflicted with run-on-at-the-mouth disease.
Kill Bill, but talk to him first The movie picks up where Volume 1 ended, with the Bride (Thurman) gunning for her surviving two would-be assassins and Bill (Carradine). There's not much more to the film than that. Budd (Michael Madsen) takes longer to dispatch than the Bride plans, but Elle (Daryl Hannah) goes a lot more quickly. The confrontation with Bill involves more talking than fighting, a choice which fits the circumstances. About 50% of the movie is used to provide backstory. We get a lengthy flashback to events leading up to the wedding chapel massacre, as well as a lengthy training sequence in which the Bride learns to become an expert assassin under the tutelage of Pai Mei (Gordon Liu). (For those unfamiliar with the Hong Kong flicks that serve as Tarantino's main inspiration for this segment of the movie, think Yoda with a bad attitude.) The background material in Volume 2 fills out the characters nicely. The Bride even gets a name: Beatrix Kiddo. And, as hinted at during the last scene of Volume 1, she has a new role as well: Mommy.
From a stylistic standpoint, Tarantino pulls a lot of rabbits out of his hat. Parts of the movie are in black-and-white (and, since Thurman is dressed all in white, she appears to glow). There are shifts in the aspect ratio. (One sequence is in 1.33:1.) One fight scene involves a split-screen. A two-minute scene occurs in complete darkness. The soundtrack occasionally borrows from '70s exploitation scores, often with intentionally humorous results. Some of this is probably Tarantino showing off, but, for the most part, it provides a satisfying visual variability. If Thurman was good in Volume 1 as an avenging angel, she's better here, where the role requires a much greater range. We see a lot more of Beatrix than a woman bent on avenging her attempted murder, and Thurman never misses a beat. Volume 1 highlighted the actress' physical prowess; Volume 2 highlights her emotional capacity. David Carradine proves to be an apt adversary. He's calm and mature, with only a hint of danger in his eyes. He prefers words to weapons, and is apparently a loving father. One of the strengths of the film is that Tarantino and Carradine develop Bill into a person, rather than simply a cartoonish, frothing-at-the-mouth villian. Michael Madsen is his usual laconic self and Daryl Hannah plays against type as a conscienceless killer. Gordon Liu, a veteran Chinese actor, has a standout role lampooning the traditional kung-fu master role. (Count the number of times he flips his beard.) And there's an throw-away cameo by Samuel L. Jackson as an organ player.
I enjoyed Kill Bill Volume 2 more than Volume 1. The second movie is less kinetic but more satisfying. Tonally, the two films are different, which may be the result of the split. Hopefully, Tarantino's original, single-movie cut of Kill Bill will eventually be available on DVD. With the two parts re-knitted and much of the extraneous material removed, this could be a great motion picture, right up there with Pulp Fiction. As it currently stands, Kill Bill is a victim of its director's ego and its distributor's greed. The moments of greatness make it worth seeing, and there's certainly plenty of entertainment to be found here, but it's hard not to lament what might have been.
On the whole, so to speak, or by itself, the second part of "Kill Bill" fits the Tarantinian psychology. Awesome unique story told in a fascinating East meets West vision. A tender, moving and beautifully done conclusion.
Very disappointing, even though KB1 wasn't anything to die for, and I certainly didn't expect that this sequel would top it, this is really bad. From all Tarantino's movies so far I realized that we wont get a new Pulp Fiction (or anything like that), but I figured at least we'll get some badass action and good soundtrack. This time we didn't get any. :(
Great sequel to Kill Bill Volume 1. Better than first one because I think it was more action packed and it had a more powerful plot. . Quite a graphic film as well.
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