Uma kicks Butts

Rating: Null/10 (18 April 2004)

Well its that time again when Mr Tarantino decides he's gonna reinvent some genres. What is it this time?.. Kung Fu flicks!
I have to confess at this point that my all time favourite film happens to be pulp fiction. a movie that i personally can sit down and watch at almost any time. unlike its follow up Jackie Brown which, while still a great film, took me several attempts to get through in one sitting. So this film had to be good. i had built up my expectation and excitement to a level which i myself would normally mock others for displaying. so was i a fool for believing the hype? Hell no.
When QT made reservoir dogs he didn't make just a good heist movie, he gave us the best heist movie of the decade. in Kill Bill tarantino hasn't made just a good kung fu movie, he has made the best kung fu movie i have ever seen! 2003 was supposed to be (Hollywood had us believing) the year of The Matrix, but they hadn't reckoned upon this little beauty coming along and quite frankly stealing its kung fu thunder.(which draws comparisons with 1999's original Matrix movie doing the same with George Lucas' Star Wars franchise) Right from the short pre-credits opening sequence this film blasts your senses and refuses to let up until the final frame which, although leaves you on a cliffhanger, gives you enough of a movie not to be annoyed, but excited and eager for the next installment.
Kill bill is a triumph of gutsy and confident film making and the most experimental work Tarantino has produced yet. although the dialogue is sparce it also very sharp the action is superbly directed and beautifully shot, Never becoming dull.
Can't wait for part two.