Tarantinos ingenious brilliance + Thurmans acting = MASTERPIECE!!

Rating: 9/10 (11 February 2005)

Quentin Tarantino has since his debut as a movie writer been an object of discussion - you either love him or hate him. For me though, the answer is simple. Tarantino is brilliant. In Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2 he takes both his own movie-making and the genre of violent action to a new level. It is quite understandable that some( or even a lot of) people are disgusted by his bloody scenes.
In Kill Bill the plot is once again intelligent with Uma Thurman as a revengeful professional killing-machine, who desperately urges for a payback at her former boss Bill and his people.
The movie goes in real Tarantino-style, with present time mixed with flashbacks, eventually ending up in a fabulous finish.
Thurman was a great actress in Pulp Fiction, but it's a pleasure to watch her in Kill Bill. It's impressive to see how she handles swords, for example. Tarantino tends to use the same actors in different movies, Thurman is one and Michael Madsen another. Madsen is perfect as the kind of nasty "badass" that frequently occur in Tarantinofilms. David Carradine, a for me quite unknown actor, is also worth mentioning for his strong performance as Bill.
Kill Bill vol 1 & 2 are great movies, not really as amazing as Pulp Fiction, but it comes up to Reservoir Dogs-standard, and that is a very good grade! A highly recommendable movie to people who aren't that sensitive. Even if much of it is censored (in a brilliant way again by Tarantino, the Anime-stuff gives me goosebumps :)), a lot of blood is wasted.
9/10