Kill Bill's review

Rating: 9/10 (21 March 2017)

As far as I'm concerned, Kill Bill vol. 1 from Quentin Tarantino is the most accomplished movie that he has ever produced. All the ingredients which make the winning recipe of a Quentin Tarantino's film are in the movie : the passion of revenge as theme, non linear progress, bloody scenes, crude and long discussions and choices of music completely quirky but also wonderfully appropriate to the key actions.
The simplicity of the scenario pushed Tarantino to focus on the characters. That is why the casting is very demanding. In Kill Bill, we can notice lots of actors with whom the American producer has worked before. Uma Thurman is one of the most present in his filmography and without her the movie would'not probably have known the same success. Another power of the movie is its references to a lot of kinds of cinema : from exploitation film to « western spaghetti » and include Japanese cinema. From a more technical point of view, I am really impressed by the farming of certain scenes sometimes completely unexpected and totally in accordance with the piped soundtrack. For example, the fighting scene against O-Ren on the song « Don't let me be misunderstood » should be considered as a cinematic work of art. For my last point, I would insist on the advantages of non linear progress. You can indeed insert strange stories which surprise the spectators and force him to recreate the story which he had imagined beforehand.
My opinion is that Kill Bill vol.1 will remain one of the most appreciate action movie of all time thanks to all the elements I have mentioned higher.