Original and Entertaining

Rating: 10/10 (1 May 2004)

Quentin Tarantino has the ability to write scripts which end up being highly original, despite hundreds of homages to other movies/directors. Kill Bill follows that exact formula. Original, yet it contains so many homages you could probably not count them all.
The plotline is: Once upon a time there was a girl called "Black Mamba". She was part of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. However, she wanted out and tried to settle down and get her own family. That's when the founder of the DVAS attacked, with the rest of it's members, killing everyone at Black Mamba's wedding. Including Black Mamba (From now on referred to as "The Bride").
Unfortunetly for the DVAS, The Bride did not die. She survived. However, she did end up in a coma for four years. But when she finally wakes up, she goes on a killing spree, killing everyone who stands in her way for revenge. Her first targets are Venitra Green and O-Ren Ishii. Both former members of the DVAS.
This film is violent, there's no doubt about it. In the climax battle blood is sprayed everywhere. Altough you cannot take this violence seriously. Just one short sequence of the fight. Three members of the evil guys team yell franaticly, wave their swords in the air and run down the stairs just to be instantly killed by The Bride in a second or so. All of this, including the violence, looks incredibly corny (intentionally) and funny. It's almost sick how perfect this movie's mood is. One could say that this is definetly one of the best movies ever, just because of scenes like that.
The acting in this film is good, even though no real room is given for the characters to really go all-out. The directing and editing are top-notch, among the best I've seen. The writing is also good, as the movie jumps from past to present in a series of flashbacks or montages. The soundtrack is very fitting, and Quentin has thrown in several songs that are so good that they make you REALLY want to own the soundtrack. Something I noticed in this film more than any other is that the music and sound editing here is also perfect. Usually something like that goes mostly unnoticed, but here it's obviously well done, and adds to the twisted and wierd feeling of the movie.
There's not awhole lot more to say about this movie. One has to see it for themselves. So I urge you to do so.
10/10