Kill Bill Volume II

Rating: 9/10 (1 October 2009)

Many fans wonder why Volume I and Volume II weren't compacted into one big movie. After seeing this, I realize why. The tone of the movies are so different from each other. There is way less cinematic sampling in this volume and more focus on dialogue and character development. The audience is asked to deepen their care for the characters. So many of the questions that the audience wondered about in the first volume are answered here. We learn about how Beatrix "The Bride" Kiddo fell for a nice, record store working loser. She did it because she wanted her daughter to start with a clean slate.
We learn that his daughter is still alive, and we learn why Bill wanted to kill his former girlfriend. In the film, a story called "The Legend of Pai Mai" is told from Bill to the Bride when they are dating. It's about a woman who didn't recognize her husband's graciousness and left him, and he tried to kill her but failed, and she got revenge. That was an interesting metaphor for the movie as a whole. Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah) is a sick, twisted, wicked dog but makes for a kickass character, and the music towards the end evokes many strange emotions. But most of all, there's a happy ending (The lioness and cub reunite!)