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Rating: 9/10 (25 April 2009)

Style over substance is the underlying theme of Kill Bill Vol. 1, the first segment of Quentin Tarantino's two-part kung-fu flick. The movie drops you straight into the action, allowing the plot to unwind in a non-linear format along the way.
Uma Thurman brings her raw physical performance to the screen, breathing life into a character written for her. Her mysterious character has a checklist of people she plans to kill, driving the seemingly basic and obviously violent plot forward.
The movie is extremely violent, but in a beautifully stylized way that has never before been achieved on-screen. The visual stimulation of the stunts and effects distracts the viewers, never allowing them to fully grasp the grisly nature of the senseless killings until after the spectacle has ended.
Another great achievement in American cinema by its greatest fan and veteran, Quentin Tarantino. Hats off to Kill Bill Vol. 1.