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Rating: Null/10 (14 October 2003)

Would you believe that one of the most anticipated movies of all time will actually exceed your expectations?
Start believing.
"Kill Bill: Vol.1" is an intense, shocking, incredible experience. Quentin Tarantino is as thrilling as ever, but he's never been this epic. The movie has Tarantino's trademark quirky humor, flip chronology, pop culture references, and buckets of blood. But this time he threw in the kitchen sink, including a pretty nifty anime sequence.
The film revolves around the Bride, a onetime assassin attacked by her old gang and left for dead on her wedding day. Awakening from a coma four years after the attack, the Bride decides to exact her revenge.
Uma Thurman is the Bride, doing an excellent job with an extremely demanding role. Sonny Chiba also does great work as the Bride's martial arts mentor.
"Kill Bill: Vol.1" 's longest, wildest, and funniest fight sequence takes place between the Bride and the Crazy 88s, an army of bodyguards in the employ of Lucy Liu's vicious assassin Cottonmouth. Blood spurts, limbs fly, and you won't believe your eyes.
Yet for all its gore, this is one beautiful and atmospheric work that is too breath-taking to feel like half a movie. Which is not to say that "Kill Bill: Vol.2" won't be even more highly anticipated than its predecessor. Not only does Volume 1 end with a stunning revelation, but Tarantino is in fine form, which makes his current film about as good as movies get.