Good, but not quite PULP FICTION (SPOILERS)

Rating: Null/10 (10 October 2003)

KILL BILL: VOLUME 1 (2003) *** (D: Quentin Tarantino) - Uma Thurman is great in her role as a vengeful femme fatale in a film that's good, if not great. PULP FICTION was better, but KILL BILL VOL. 1 still has much of the vintage Tarantino style that fans devour. It's fun, but uneven and disjointed. I'd just like to take a moment to praise the opening scene of the film; it's positively brilliant and compelling.
The action sequences deliver the goods but perhaps push the credibility factor somewhat (I had a tough time accepting that Thurman alone could so easily defeat an army of sword-wielding Asians!), and I could have done without the cartoon segment. Other than that, the fight scenes were entertaining if bordering on overkill at times. In fact, as for the controversy surrounding Miramax's decision to split the film into two parts... while I did have a good time for 90 plus minutes or so, I'm ultimately glad they did it; I for one was ready for Intermission Time by the end of the picture.