A Female on the trail of Revenge

Rating: 9/10 (15 September 2006)

I had every intention of skipping this film when it was released. You see, movies with Martial Arts have never been on the top of my list, regardless of who does it. BUt this film came to me through word of mouth and once I saw it in the theater, I could not wait to see Kill Bill Volume 2! This is not your typical Martial Arts film, but then again, yes it is. It's humorous, fun, action packed and its lead character is a woman who's trying to piece her life back together after an unfortunate instance - the death quad she used to work for, thought they killed her. By all intents and purposes, she should have been dead. But she survived, which is bad news for each of them because she is hot on the trail of finding them and her main bone of contention, Bill.
Her travels to get to the elusive Bill is not without it's fair share of pain and destruction for the heroine. But this is what I like about films by Quesntion Tarrentino - there isn't a straight path to anything. You're not quite sure of which of the events you're watching happened first, but you are engrossed in watching to figure it out.
And on top of that, you never know what era you are in when you are watching. You have all of pop culture in your face and this film is no exception. There is plenty here for the die-hard martial art fans (with cameos from some of the most known in the traditional martial arts films) and for us that know a bit here and there (okay, I saw a few of the traditional Bruce Lee, Jet Li and Jackie Chan movies), there is stuff for us too -- but even more creatively speaking, it's all here for those aren't marital arts adapted. The story is quite the woman's story and the heroine meets up with some of the most strongest women ever ...along with the dirtiest of men.
You'll want to know 'what the deal' is about the heroine and you begin to piece it together in this installment. It's not very pretty, and you'll have questions...Why did her group turn on her? What happened to the baby she was carrying? Who is Bill really, and where is he? And why is she driven to Kill Bill? I just fell in love with this film. It's Tarrintino at his top form, and that is what makes it good entertainment.