Overrated, but...

Rating: 7/10 (13 October 2003)

The movie itself had good points. The cast of Uma Thurman was perfect, the
action scenes were very well done. I am really intrigued though as to why this movie is among the best 150 movies of all times?... I agree that this movie is original.. for the average movie-goer at least, the one that doesn't know anime movies are being made since 40 years ago (though it
is not mainstream in our shores yet). In terms of style, character and story this movie develops like a traditional anime movie; there is an abuse of culture though, as everything in this movie seemed exagerate. If you have ever watched anime movies you will realize that the best ones, do not use half the violence/cheap effects this movie used and instead
invested more time in character development, drama and story. Who is Bill?
Why he tried to kill the Black Mamba? What was the relationship between the
Black Mamba and the other members of the Viper Squad prior to the attempted
murder?, were they friends?. There are many things left unsaid/unexplained that typical good anime movies would have covered in detail.
Now to my original question why is this movie rated so high? even though there are at least a dozen of anime movies/OVAs that have it better in terms of
character, story and execution than this one? is it because people is really
getting bored of watching the same Hollywood'esque plots? Me thinks!
Axel