"And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger..." Ezekiel 25:17

Rating: 9/10 (27 January 2019)

A yellow jumpsuit, a lethal Hattori-Hanzo sword and a charismatic blonde taking bloody vengeance? Yeah, you got it; it's the notorious "Kill Bill", the same movie that, I am certain, got hundreds of naïve cinephiles running to the toilet to force the impression of the film out of their stomach. And yet, despite not being everyone's cup of tea, the "Kill Bill" universe is meticulously constructed in such a unique way, that compels you to give it, the least, a try.
The story goes as such: A woman, and past member of the "Deadly international viper assassination squad", is pregnant and ready to walk down the aisle. However, such a conspicuous past doesn't ensure much tranquility and that becomes evident by the surprise- arrival of the other members of the squad, to the Bride's wedding, who, with the aid of their machine guns, fill the chapel with rotting bodies and leave the blonde protagonist in a four year coma. The tale presents a dark twist when the physically and psychologically beaten Bride wakes up, only to find out that the fetus is missing. That's when things start to get bad, as the incensed Bride swears to revenge all the traitors responsible for this tragedy, wreaking bloody chaos in her passing. Sounds compelling enough?
No? Then let's talk about the heroine. The Bride, whose name we are constantly refused to, used to be one the most talented and dangerous members of her squad. She is a determined and unstoppable force of nature and her efficiency is combined with undeniable physical beauty; she is a carnivorous flower, perfectly fitting to the violent Tarantino world. And this world is violent and ruthless in every sense of the words; it is crystal clear not only in the characters behavior (are O-Ren Ishii, the icy and calculating killer, and Elle Driver, the one-eyed femme fatale, ringing any bells?), but also in the scenery. Tarantino uses bold colours, innumerable pounds of blood and even a nauseating anime sequence, to underline this exact cruelty and madness lurking deep in the human psyche; the film is a celebration of human instincts, in their most crude and therefore perilous form, embellished with carefully chosen pieces of music and "subtle" references to the old-fashioned genre of '70s kung-fu movies.
If you are still nodding your head indifferently then don't bother to watch the movie and torment yourself for no good reason. Pick one of the thousand other movies waiting patiently in the shelves of video stores and leave "Kill Bill" for another time. Maybe someday you will feel challenged enough to watch it.