Kill Bill Vol. 2 Is Wildly Entertaining And Smart

Rating: 10/10 (10 November 2011)

Kill Bill Volume 2 is the second of two volumes that were theatrically released several months apart. Kill Bill was originally scheduled for a single theatrical release, but with a running time of over four hours, it was separated into two volumes. Kill Bill Volume 1 was released in late 2003, and Kill Bill: Volume 2 was released in early 2004.It was an action thriller that stars that stars Uma Thurman as The Bride together with David Carradine as Bill,Lucy Liu,Vivica A. Fox,Michael Madsen,Daryl Hannah and Gordon Liu. The story continues to follow a character known as "The Bride", a former assassin who seeks revenge on still-active colleagues who massacre members of her wedding party and try to kill her.It was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Kill Bill Volume 2 continues the saga of The Bride in her revenge after having dispatched several of her arch-enemies in the first film,Kill Bill Volume 1.In a flashback, the Bride and her groom rehearse their wedding. Bill arrives, and it is revealed that The Bride has retired from assassination and left her former lover Bill in order to settle down with her unborn daughter. Moments later, the Deadly Vipers attack on Bill's orders.In the present, Bill warns his brother Budd, a bouncer and former Deadly Viper, that he will be targeted next. The Bride arrives at his trailer, but Budd shoots her full of rock salt with his double-barreled shotgun and then sedates her. Budd calls Elle, offering to sell her The Bride's Hanzō sword, before sealing The Bride inside a coffin and burying her alive.In a flashback, Bill takes The Bride to the temple of Pai Mei,a legendary martial arts master. Pai Mei has mastered a technique wherein pressure points on the victim's chest are struck, leaving them with only a few footsteps before their death. Bill informs The Bride that Pai Mei teaches no one the technique. After she trains under Pai Mei, who initially dislikes her, she eventually wins his respect.The Bride recalls her training with Pai Mei to break out of the coffin to the surface. The next morning, Elle arrives at Budd's trailer for their transaction. Budd is betrayed by Elle, who uses a black mamba and its venomous bite to poison him. Elle expresses regret that a loser like Budd was the one to kill The Bride, whose name is revealed to be Beatrix Kiddo. As Elle leaves the trailer, she is attacked by The Bride. Elle reveals that her missing eye was plucked out by Pai Mei after she insulted him during her training, and in retribution, she poisoned him. Angered, The Bride plucks out Elle's remaining eye, and leaves Elle writhing and screaming hysterically in the trailer with the black mamba. After finding Bill's location, deep in the Mexican countryside, The Bride infiltrates his home. She is shocked to find B.B., her four-year old daughter, alive and well. The family spend the evening together peacefully, with Bill making sandwiches and Beatrix watching Shogun Assassin in bed with her daughter. Later on, after B.B. has gone to bed, Bill shoots Beatrix with a dart containing a truth serum and questions her. A flashback recalls the moment Beatrix found out she was pregnant. She was on an assignment, and her target had sent an assassin of her own to kill Beatrix. Beatrix managed to convince the assassin not to kill her due to her pregnancy, and they agreed to part ways. Beatrix explains that she ran away without telling Bill in order to protect their unborn daughter from him and his life. Though Bill understands, he remains unapologetic for what he did, explaining that he's a killer and nobody should ever cross him, even her. Bill then attacks Beatrix, but she disables him with Pai Mei's fatal technique, which he secretly taught her. Bill, aware of the technique, gives his final speech, takes five steps, and dies. Beatrix departs with B.B. in her arms, and later they watch cartoons in a hotel together.
Kill Bill Volume 2 has more dialogue and less action-packed than the fist film but nevertheless, delivers the goods for those expecting a satisfying conclusion.But still,the film is the epitome of the glamorization of brutality and violence and the same time tries to condemn it as well.Also,deeper themes are explored such as pregnancy and motherhood.
Overall,Kill Bill Volume 2 is wildly entertaining and smart that are full of genre-loving savvy, grind-house vigor and liberating energies.