Crouching Quentin. Hidden Tarantino?

Rating: 5/10 (27 October 2003)

Ok,I'm a kung fu film snob so it takes a lot to impress me. I'm also well versed in the Samurai films of quality. So proceed with caution.
Kill Bill is a good homage to the masterpieces of old but it suffers from weak dialogue which is unusual for a Tarantino film. I also need more story and plot twists from someone so skilled like QT.
It's more like Charlie's Angels on testosterone than anything else. I appreciate the amount of violence and the interesting cameos (Sonny Chiba, Gordon Liu). Some of the fight scenes were nice like the opening sequence(vs Viveca Fox) and the fight with the schoolgirl and her ball and chain but the rest lacked impact maybe because of uninspired choreography and no drama, just massive hacking and slashing which is ok. It's like just kill one stranger after the other over and over again. I'll admit lately there are few alternatives so hungry martial arts action fans will be pleased.
Lucy and Uma going at it was anticlimactic for some reason. Humor was also contrived. Doesn't feel like a QT film to me. I say this because I'm a huge fan of QT. I await Vol 2.