Kill Bill Vol. 2: Tarantino's Tedious Second Act

Rating: 7/10 (25 April 2009)

Kill Bill was split into two segments, most likely because of its running time. Vol. 1 ended shortly after endless, over-the-top action sequences. Unfortunately, despite its promising intro, presented satirically by Thurman, Vol. 2 does not live up to its counterpart.
Keep in mind that it is only the second half of the same movie, but act two, while undeniably good, lacked what made Vol. 1 great. There is no breathtaking violence aesthetic here, the film only wraps up the story, a disadvantage to the non-linear format that was so powerful in Vol. 1.
As a cinematic experience, Vol. 2 felt lacking and incomplete without its sister film. When viewed sequentially as one movie, Kill Bill was a near perfect action movie. Unfortunately, Miramax's marketing ploy took away a lot from a great work of art.