Fantastic! A great storyline, which provides a tribute cult martial art cinema.

Rating: 9/10 (24 November 2007)

This film shows Tarantino at his best. The film immediately gets the ball rolling when you see "The Bride" all beaten within an inch of her life, only to hear a mysterious voice "Bill" emphasising that he is not sadistic with his actions. Then before The Bride has a moment to speak "BOOM!" she gets shot in the head. The moment has you jumping right out of your cinema seat and has to be one of the most gripping sequences Tarantino has opened a film with to date.
From then on the film is provides an excellent storyline that consists of themes from all types of film genre. The film starts with a bit of Western, which is more the theme in volume 2, but has its good moments. The plot of revenge begins to spark with The Bride fighting Veneta Green (Vivica Fox), which has a bit of martial arts. Tarantino also was able to throw in a bit of Blaxsploitation. You get a bit of thriller thrown in while The Bride remains in a coma and when she wakes up, the theme in this scenes are so dark and it is backed up by an eerie soundtrack that as you on the edge of your seat. The film builds to a climax when you learn of O-Ren Ishii's background and origin, which puts an anime sequence into great use. The climatic part of the film is the whole sequence at the House of Blue Leaves, it is a film sequence that will be remembered throughout cinematic history forever. The whole atmosphere, the music, the characters and the buildup to some of the best fight choreography I have ever seen.
This has to be Uma Thurman's best film, I do not think any other actress could have pulled it off.
Overall, a great film! Many complained of the extent of violence, I disagree it is most definitely needed, it would not fulfils itself as a revenge movie otherwise.