High Plains Drifter: Samurai Style

Rating: 10/10 (8 June 2004)

What a great movie--Tarantino combines several genres in this masterpiece of
visceral eye-candy but I wouldn't call it a "rip off" as so many others have before me. For visual reference...think "Sergio Leone directs Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Uma Thurman is fabulous as the near supernatural "anti-hero". Much like
Eastwood's High Plains Drifter...we find ourselves cheering for this woman even though she's just as much of a blood-thirsty cold-hearted bitch as the people she's vowed to gain her vengeance from.
I think all the nay-sayers are confusing documentary and fiction with pure
entertainment. That's what is so classic about Tarantino: he remembers why
people go to watch films! A complete escape from reality with a few visually stunning fight scenes and an ending that compels you to rush out and watch
Volume 2 as soon as possible.
I had but one complaint...and that was a scene early in the movie where The
Bride chews the fat small talk style with a Japanese restaurant owner. Scene played out too long and was the only one that bordered on boring. 9/10.