Excellent!

Rating: Null/10 (29 February 2004)

The editing wavered in quality. The cinematography, excellent. The first half drags a bit, but the movie gets interesting later. The "art of combat" is flawed, but more significantly, reality is skewed to more than an extent in a supposed-to-be-almost-real world.
Despite all the negativity the movie's got charm. It's probably got to do with Quentin Tarantino's movie-making style: it's something else. What adds to the movie-watching experience is the music accompanying the movie all the time. It's a mix of retro, Japanese, country and modern music. You need to experience it. The music is so interesting and well-blended with the movie that it's almost like a half-identity of the film.
Uma Thurman plays a lady assassin who is out to take revenge against some of the members of the "Deadly Viper Assassination Squad", which she was part of. She was attacked on her wedding day by the gang leader (Bill) and her yet-to-be-born child is killed (or so she thinks). In this installment, she takes her revenge partly. She's yet to deal with the "ace" - Bill. Also, apparently, her child is still alive. However, we'll have to wait for the next installment to know more.
The movie is very graphic with lots of bloody scenes and as I mentioned a lot of them unrealistic too. But it's the movie-making style that's fantastic. Even if you do not particularly enjoy Quentin's style, the half-undone story is intriguing enough, and you'd definitely want to catch the next installment.