Good Return of Tarantino's Style.

Rating: Null/10 (3 June 2004)

Uma Thurman plays the main character, known only as The Bride. Tarantino insists on having her being recognized as the Bride because when she introduces herself in the beginning, her name was bleeped out.

Anyway, her wedding was abruptly crashed by her former gang, the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (long enough name?), led by Bill (David Caradine, who we don't see but hear). The Bride's gang killed everybody at her wedding, but they failed to kill her. Now she's really p*ssed off and dedicates her next 250 or so minutes (divided in half, hence "Vol. 1") to see to it that she Kills Bill.
Uma Thurman is a like-able character, and the film has a like-able story, but this Tarantino film is very much different to his previous work. The atmosphere is a little too colorful, as are the 30,000 gallons of blood used throughout. What I noticed is a slight lack in snappy dialogue although. Normally I wouldn't take to noticing this little aspect, but being that it's from the director who gave us Pulp Fiction, there were dialogue standards that needed to be met.
I found the little annime sequence annoying. it was well drawn and it fit with the mood of the film, but the amount of blood was incredibly ridiculous. The film excells on the bloody content as well. The Bride is P*ssed off, I know, but a few hundred gallons less of fake blood would have had the same effect.
In conclusion, "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs" fans will enjoy "Kill Bill Vol. 1", but perhaps not as much as the earlier stories.
**1/3 out of ****