3/5 Good. Worth Watching

Rating: 6/10 (1 December 2004)

Plot Synopsis: The Bride (Uma Thurman) has just suffered the indignation of everyone at her wedding being brutally slaughtered. Now she wants revenge, Tarantino style!
This is Tarantino's first film since 1997s Jackie Brown and this chop-socky, Asian-influenced, blood-drenched fanboy's wet-dream is the epitome of style over substance - entertaining, action-packed and fast paced, yet lacking the depth of his previous films, thus not holding up well in retrospect.
Action wise, the film is brilliant. Tarantino's direction and Woo-ping Yuen's fight choreography are set to induce many 'action reply' moments on the DVD player with the thumping J-Pop soundtrack providing a great foil to the carnage. However, one of the most disappointing aspects of this film is the absence of Tarantino's customary sparkling dialogue so evident in his previous outings.
A hack-job at its most blatant, it is nonetheless a feast for the senses. A true homage to pop culture.