Awesome Movie

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2011)

In this fourth production by Quentin Tarantino, viewers are treated to a violent display of Kung Fu and action. The story follows Beatrice (Uma Thurman), a fallen assassin, as she attempts to seek revenge on her former co-workers. After being nearly assassinated and left for dead, she slowly regains her strength and dedicates her days to hunting down the people responsible for her injuries. Not only is does she personally have reason for revenge, but she also believes the members are responsible for the death of her unborn child. She slowly finds the members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad; Vivica Fox as Vernita Green, Lucy Liu as O-Ren Ishii, Dary Hannah as Elle Driver, and Michael Madsen as Budd. As she slowly eliminates the members, she grows closer to her ultimate goal - Bill (David Carradine).
This revenge themed film contains an abundance of action scenes, accompanied with good acting. Those expecting to see a typical action movie will definitely be surprised. However, some may view the combat scenes as over the top and even comical at points. The level of gore is far more than most movies, and could be easily compared to Tarantino's earlier vampire film, "From Dusk Till Dawn." As most of Tarantino's films go, this is not your average movie. He always surprises his viewers by implementing interesting cinematography such as his camera angles. During the film, he often uses unusual film angles for effects. For instance, during the first fight scene with Vernita Green, he uses an high, overhead shot during a conversation in the kitchen. Not only does he use this angle, but he chooses to cut off the top of the house to show a view of the walls from above and the full layout of the rooms.
Throughout the movie, the Director chooses to use multiple different forms of delivering the story. He begins with black and white format, but later changes to color. Later in the film, the Director even chooses to add cartoon animations into the film. All these different formats offer an interesting viewing experience for the movie-goer that is not typically found in other movies.
This film is definitely not for everyone, but those who want to watch a trained killer hunt down her attackers in an over the top revenge film, then this movie will not let you down.