Waiting for Bill

Rating: 7/10 (28 October 2003)

A disappointing "fourth film" from Quentin Tarantino. Compared to his other films this is possibly his worst. ( Don't get he wrong. I am a Tarantino fan but this one is certainly not up there with Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.) You basically never fear for The Bride's life as you well now that she returns for Kill Bill Volume 2. The climatic sword fight is pointless as you know in advance that The Bride survives and Lucy Liu does not. Please stop the novel approach because as sure as sh*t it doesn't work here. This film while well shot by Bob Richardson, possibly the best cinematographer around, is terribly slow and feels like your watching Tarantino's original three hours plus cut. This is not the visual masterpiece every claims it is. Requiem For A Dream, made on a smaller budget, looks better and is certainly more graphic than this. I hope Kill Bill Volume 2 is better. And what ever happened to Four Rooms? Shouldn't be fourth and a quarter.