Badass Martial Arts Revenge Flick Sinema Extravaganza!

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 2005)

Without a doubt, the best film of 2003. And certainly master filmmaker and derivative auteur extraordinaries Quentin Tarantino's best film so far.
It's strongly influenced by the two Lady Snowblood films. Kill Bill tops both these flicks and then some.
It is, on the surface, a simple revenge story. But QT jam packs it with dark humor, incredible action, great performances and music. David Carradine is back from B-movie oblivion with his role as Bill. Even though we don't even see his face in the flick. He is the epitome of the Most Evil Man Alive. And so cool his breath would give an Eskimo shivers.
It starts of with a brutally grisly shot of The Bride (Uma Thurman) being shot through the head. I jumped out of my skin when I first saw it. And from there it was a non-stop roller coaster ride of a movie. It was unlike anything I'd seen before, I was floored, mesmerized, blown away, loving every minute of this blood soaked masterpiece.
The final fight sequence where The Bride takes on the Crazy 88's is one of the great action sequences in Sinematic history. Sinematic since a movie this on the edge, this blood filled is a bit of a sin to see. It rises above mere cinema and becomes Sinema. A genre onto it's own.
Remember to wipe up when done...