Quentin Tarantino tells Titus Andronicus.

Rating: Null/10 (26 October 2003)

At the very begginning of the movie I was already disturbed by the extreme close up on the battered face of Uma Thurman, who usually looks like a godess among humans. However, the impact of her uttering the words "Bill... its your baby..." followed directly by the bang of the gunshot hitting her in the head made me jump out of my seat. I was shocked, to say the least, and I knew that I was in for a delicious film to fill my ravenous appetite.
Kill Bill Vol. 1 is one of the best movies I have seen in recent years. It is a must see for anyone who can stomach it. It is a classic example of Quentin's staple to take borrowed methods and put a modern twist on them. It is a tightly woven revenge story told with many obvious allusions to Shaw Brother's martial-arts films, spaghetti westerns and anime, and like all other Tarantino films has a wonderful throughline explored in extreme depth.
I can not wait for the story to be finished in Volume 2, but I was not dissapointed with the cliff hanger ending. Tarantino ended Volume 1 exquisitely, unlike the ending to the Lord of the Rings movies and Matrix Reloaded.
Kill Bill is extremely violent but the violence is never without purpose. In this way I liken it to Titus Andronicus (by the Bard, for those of you who are not familiar with it), which is also a entricate story about revenge that is extraordinarily violent. Tarantino fans and indifferent movie fans I think will both enjoy this movie a lot. Heck, even people who just like a film with grand action and hot babes will like this one.