Reveloutionary Cinema

Rating: Null/10 (22 October 2003)

If you want blood and violence , and more blood and violence and an extra dollop of blood of violence to go with your healthy portion of blood and violence then Kill Bill volume one is a film you should treat yourself to.
Tarantino the self confessed 'film geek ' who's enclyopedic knowledge of cinema is the reason why kill bill is such a finely grafted film of pastiche , homage and with a polish of originality to boot.
The homage in question is to a library of classic japanese and hong kong films 'the street fighter' series featuring sonny chiba are three that immediatley spring to mind .
This is why Kill Bill stands out , in it's language , sub texts , imaget and symbolism it is simply not an american film . With several references to buddhist teachings , wise ancient proverbs and the very japanese garden hose style bleeding not to mention oren ishi's (played by lucy liu) bodyguard go-go could of walked right from the set of battle royal.