Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece.

Rating: 10/10 (22 October 2003)

Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill:Vol.1"(2003)is one of the best movies I have seen this year.Tarantino perfectly mixes beautiful imagery with highly stylized violence.Wonderful Uma Thurman shines as The Bride.She is seeking revenge for horrible atrocities she has suffered at the hand of mysterious Bill.The fight choreography by Yuen Wo Ping is amazing.Still the film is not as violent as some people claim.In actuality,the violence is so cartoonish and over-the-top it can only be seen as amusing.The film is clearly a homage to Japanese samurai cinema,Hong Kong's kung fu movies and Italian spaghetti westerns.I think that Tarantino was inspired by such movies like "Thriller:A Cruel Picture"(1974),"Lady Snowblood" series,"Sleepy Eyes of Death" series,"Shogun Assassin"(1980),"Battle Royale"(2000)plus various Sonny Chiba and Bruce Lee flicks.Anyway,I enjoyed this film and you should too,especially if you're a fan of exploitation cinema.