The most messed up film of the 21st century... it's AWESOME!

Rating: 9/10 (1 April 2009)

Genius. Demented genius. Those are the only words that can be used to describe Quentin Tarantino and his Uma Thurman samurai-kung-fu-spaghetti-western-giallo-film-mish-mash. The way Tarantino combines three separate genres of the 60s & 70s and lets them run amuck in a world of assassins and extremely gory revenge is handled in a pure and masterful way. His obvious awareness of the importance of long & exciting build-ups to excessive violence is evident clearly throughout "Kill Bill Vol. 1". This is especially evident in the entire bit leading up to the "Showdown at the House of Blues Leaves". First there is the "Green Hornet" theme playing as The Bride arrives in Tokyo and O-Ren gets to the restaurant. Then, the famous electric samurai song plays as O-Ren enters the restaurant. Then, The 5678s play one of there messed up Japanese surfer songs while The Bride checks out the room that O-Ren and her posse are in. Then, The 5678s play the famous "Woo Hoo" song as The Bride enters the washroom to change and so does O-Ren's assistant, Sophie Fatale. And then, "Da Uomo a Uomo", the famous Ennio Morricone theme from "Death Rides a Horse", plays while the Bride slices of Sohpie's arm and O-Ren and her posse come out to get ready and play. The way Quentin handles all of this is pure cinema.