Quentin Tarantino: Back With a Vengeance!

Rating: 8/10 (26 November 2003)

"Kill Bill" is the long-awaited new offering by Quentin Tarantino. Six years in the making, it attacks with no subtlety whatsoever. Uma Thurman stars as the Bride, and amazes in this tale of vengeance. Her battle against Go Go Yubari stands out among all the scuffling and bloodshed. The movie bears one of Tarantino's trademarks, a non-linear story. This gives Sonny Chiba's "Revenge is not a straight line" speech a certain significance. Another of Tarantino's trademarks is graphic violence, and "Kill Bill" offers plenty, even more so than "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs." The battle in the House of Blue Leaves is especially gory! After seeing the first half of Quentin's labor of love, all I can say is brace yourself for Volume 2!