Eric Forrester knows kung fu in a spaghetti western set

Rating: 8/10 (24 April 2004)

I'm one of those persons who watched vol 1 with my jaw wide open. The killing spree in the end of the movie was something which I never had seen before. Even though people get sliced, cut and decapitated the katana massacre was't exaggerated nor gross.
I believe I represent a typical QT fan and from this point of view KB2 was a disappointment. Not a big one but still. First of all the flick is way too long. There are couple of scenes which have very little/none to do with the plot and they are somewhat loose from the rest of the movie. If QT hadn't cut the story in half, these scenes probably would have not been included.
Secondly the dialogue is surprisingly dull. This issue was also somewhat included in vol 1 but it wasn't that noteworthy 'cause the movie had lots of action and little speech. This movie is the opposite. It wouldn't bother me if the dialogue was good but this time it's incredibly far from the level which we have been used to in QT movies. Mostly it's just merely meaningless chit chat.
But the movie isn't actually that bad. The cast is good and acting is quite excellent. David Carradine steals every scene he appears in. Daryl Hannah is also good (losing the only working eye and getting blinded in a trailer in the middle of a desert, that's just sad. That poor bitch).
If KB1 was Pulp Fiction then KB2 is more like Jackie Brown. In my opinion, the films would've worked better if they were both in one properly cut.