A mean spirited descent into cinematic sadism.

Rating: Null/10 (14 September 2017)

I like violent films as long as the violence is justified. Revenge in films need to follow that same rule. The revenge in Braveheart is justified. A man kills the man that murdered his wife. An eye for an eye. The revenge in Jaws is justified. William Wallace and Chief Brody deserve our respect, because they take revenge at an equal proportion to how they and their community were wronged. The Bride in this film does not and that's why its a poor film.
This film goes far beyond an eye for an eye. It takes a nose dive off the sanity cliff and plummets toward a soulless sadistic endeavor made by a sadist to titillate other sadists. It advances the notion that we are meant to admire a sadist for taking out several eyes for the loss of just one eye. Its most sadistic crime is where the film attempts to actually justify forcing an innocent child to witness her own mother being butchered. The scene ends with the murderer cooing at the child as though the kid could care less what her mother's murderer thinks about anything. Kill Bill Part 2 ends with the avenging sociopath walking off into the sunset with her own daughter unscathed like she earned that ending. Yeah right.
In case you didn't notice, this movie is about revenge. We know this because the main character played by Uma Thurman constantly whines about deserving it. This is not a character to be admired. This is a petulant child throwing one manically violent tantrum after the next. If this film were a book it would be titled a sociopath's guide to revenge. Anyway while she was clearly wronged, the loss of just one life does not justify going on an insane rampage and killing dozens of people.
Let us think of the classic crime film The Godfather. A film that handles violence and revenge with complete class. The first scene introduces the code by which the mafia live by. The scene shows a man demanding revenge for his daughter being assaulted. She is still alive, but her father wants the two men responsible to die. The Godfather gives the man justice, but not to the extent that he wants. This is logical, revealing the mastery of wisdom a mafia crime boss needs to maintain his position. In Kill Bill the bride deserves revenge, but not to the extent that she wants.
To round out the weirdness, Uma Thurman was apparently preferred by Tarantino, since her face reminded him of the famous horse Trigger. No really.
The technical aspects of this film is good. You have to give credit to the crew that completed their work with technical mastery. The work though is directed by Quentin Tarantino, so the real credit for his skill, lies in the artists he steals from. Go watch Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973), which was released as They Call Her One Eye in America, which is the basis for the Daryl Hannah character (the lady with the eye patch over one eye). Or watch Lady Snowblood to see where Tarantino stole the snowy fight scene or the several Sonny Chiba films that have better fight choreography. While you're at it, ask Bruce Lee fans how they feel about his most famous costume worn by a person who cant fight, whose lack of martial skill is hidden by fast cutting, like cheap perfume hides stink.
No wonder Tarantino makes a film about a sociopath supposedly deserving respect for reaping much more than they sow. He has made a very successful career out of it. In an America that has teenagers committing mass murder in high schools and in a world where death cults fueled by sadistic revenge threaten to destroy us all, movies like this should never be made.