I pity the people who don't enjoy this for what it is.

Rating: 10/10 (16 October 2003)

Minor Spoiler
First of all I'm not a big fan of QT , yes I like Dogs and lesser Fiction but this has put him up there in my books. Finally someone has captured all the great things from Spag Westerns,Martial Arts and Manga and put it all together into a great movie(or Two). It is truly a stylish movie with great directing and camera work,(sadly the two main things that lack in most of the genre films that Qt has drawn from). This movie is not meant to be a dialog master piece but a straight out action style movie with real style. I hear people going on about the blood and violence but this is spot on to what Manga etc. are like and the very nice black and white action scene was amazing , I mean using what I think looks like water for blood (as we all know blood would be black) what pure magic. It was nasty in some places but that as I said is the genre and it but compare it to most rubbish movies out there (ie Resident Evil) it doesn't rely on the blood (and no guts) to make people go see the movie for pure shock value ( but I think some people will go just see it because of the fuss made) for me the story did drive along with the action so well that I was most upset over the fact I've got to wait several months to see part two. Finally it's great to see a movie that delivers everything I expected and more , for once.
To all the people who didn't like it see a pile of manga , Sergio Leone, Kurusawa's movies and see Kill Bill again , then you'll see the light....I hope.