Homage to martial arts movies, Tarantino Style.

Rating: 10/10 (19 October 2003)

After waiting six years since his last piece of cinematic genius, Mr Tarantino has come back to the limelight with a bang and some arterial spurts. It is seemed like the director had just wanted to become the prodigal son, walking the Earth and to rediscover himself, before allowing himself again to be loved by the mainstream again. However this time, he is does not have any witty lines amongst a couple of gangsters, but a bunch of kick ass martial arts ladies kicking the crap out of each other. A kinda of anti Charlie Angels, (a sense of irony there, since Lucy Liu also stars in this movie.)
Anyway, I digress and I would like to explain the concept of the movie. Before then, I would like to warn; POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD
It starts off with a black and white close up of The Bride (Uma Thurman) left almost to die. Off screen, you hear Bill (the mysterious boss of assassination gang DIVAS) trying to justify his actions upon her, before placing a bullet in her head. This sets you off for the big rollercoaster ride. The Bride awakes from a four year coma, and boy is she wrathful for what has happened, and so she tries to seek revenge. The first person that she gets medival is Copperhead, who is an ex DIVAS assassin who was involved for the near death of The Bride. Enter a superb knife duel/ bitch fight set amongst the leafy surburbs of California. After annihililating her opponent in front of Copperhead's pre school daughter, The Bride makes a move to Toyko to seek and hunt down the next on her list, O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu). The movie then turns into first how the O-Ren has become what she has become, in a style of Japanese anime. Afterwards, it shows how the Bride seeks help from the old but wise master Harroti Hanzo (the legendary Japanese actor Sonny Chiba) by obtaining a hand made sword by the man himself. After this, it is all fun and games martial arts style. Violence come thick and fast like blood spurting out of a freshly severed head, (which happens many a time in this movie, but this is a Tarintino movie)
I will not try to give too much away, which at this moment of time is gonna be quite hard. However, from what you have read from this review I would hope that you would see this movie. The acting in this movie is not thespian style acting and the dialogue is not all to what Tarintino can give, but it is the martial arts scenes and the visual medley of cinematic art, in which would should be shown to budding film students and veterans alike. This movie would have to be said to be the greatest Westernised martial arts movies (if not the most violent) and it should be watched by anyone who loves a good cinematic experience. That includes all the Daily Mail readers.

Rating 10/10