A bloody tribute to samurai movies, kung fu movies and the 70s

Rating: Null/10 (17 October 2003)

Kill Bill is at heart a pulp story: an assassin left dead by her former partners takes on the whole squad when she awakes from a 4-year coma.
Now what makes Kill Bill special is all the references to kung fu movies (Bruce Lee, Street Fighters), to Samurai Movies (Yojimbo), to 70s series (Green Hornet anyone?). Tarantino combines everything he loves and he knows his audience is secretely craving. All the nerdy stuff that is now becoming mainstream, that we were all ashamed to watch before, Tarantino is giving it a little push in the spotlights.
And we love him for that. And we love the fact that all those people who pretend to understand Kill Bill have no idea where all that stuff is coming from. Culture is everything in art. Movies are no exception.