Quentin Tarantino's visual craftsmanship transcends perfection.

Rating: 10/10 (22 October 2003)

If you have not already, GO SEE `Kill Bill Vol. 1'!!! I have only written about a movie once before and that was to rant on the insulting lack of effort Lucas put into Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. A `film' when compared to its Star Wars predecessors, I judged to be a sophomoric video game on crack only worth seeing for the stellar computer effects. Kill Bill is the opposite, Tarantino put his heart and soul into this film and it shows.
Kill Bill Vol. 1 is the most enjoyable and visually stunning action film I have ever seen. Quentin Tarantino's visual craftsmanship transcends perfection. From the first seconds of the opening scene to the credits it's a 111 minute hold-your-breath, armrest-clenching, roller coaster ride. Tarantino takes all that is great from the Japanese classics (Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Lone Wolf and Cub, etc.) and the violent beauty of Sergio Leone's films, adds his own bold style and visual genius and creates THE perfect action film. It's a violent, poignant, funny, film with great acting (always a bonus in an action film) that is worth seeing multiple times.