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Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2004)

With the two-volume series of films that come to be known as "Kill Bill," Quentin Tarantino has achieved a level of creativity lacking in most modern films that will take years to surpass. "Kill Bill" is, in fact, an amalgam of all the grindhouse cinema outings that Tarantino made during the 70s.
When you think real hard about it, the plot to "Kill Bill" is absolutely ludicrous, and under the direction of a normal filmmaker, wouldn't make it past the 50-minute mark. But under Tarantino's careful guidance, that ludicrous plot remains ludicrous, but he injects his requited love of cinema into the material and the plot suddenly takes a life and a whole new spin.
"Kill Bill" is by far Tarantino's most accomplished work as a director, considering that I typically favor his non-directorial efforts ("True Romance," "Natural Born Killers," "From Dusk Till Dawn") over his own directorial outings ("Reservoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction," "Jackie Brown").
I certainly look forward to more from Quentin Tarantino in the future being that with "Kill Bill," he has created a cinematic epic of one man's love of movies and then seeing it realized on the screen.