Fantastic Cinema Once Again!

Rating: 10/10 (22 April 2004)

After watching Volume One, i was convinced that the pending sequel would round Kill Bill off as a fantastic movie. Where as Volume One focuses on the Eastern style of cinema, Volume Two is much more Western.
After the first viewing, I have to say I felt let down simply because of the stupid amount of hype this movie got. However, I walked out at the end of the credits, walked straight back in and watched it again and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Volume Two is different enough from Volume One so that when you watch them collectively, you will get bits of everything in the dosage you require, rather than overdoing one particular style of fight for instance.
What struck me most about this second part was the style in which the confrontations were done in. Where I was expecting massive amounts of sword fighting and blood, following the fight with O-Ren Ishii, I was given two completely different confrontations for Budd and Elle. This was good I felt, because it makes each member of the DIVAS more unique and makes the fights more unique.
However it is the final moments of the movie where you have the remaining pieces of the story revealed to you and in Bill's final moments, i found it incredibly touching and my entire outlook on the movie as a whole was turned on its head.
While some may argue that Kill Bill isn't as good as Pulp Fiction, it never can be because it is completely different. Similarly Pulp can never top Kill Bill. But as far as movies go, Kill Bill is one of the best you'll see.