Superfluous. OK, but superfluous.

Rating: 6/10 (28 April 2004)

I enjoyed KBI immensely, despite the square peg in a round hole anime section and some typical Tarantino trademarks I could live without, but I had a feeling that the 'sequel' wouldn't live up to it. Like the Matrix, I was right.
From the number of 10/10s this is getting, obviously other people think I'm wrong. But this should never have been a separate film. The amount of plot and action that we're treated to here could have been squeezed into the 40 minutes easily excisable from volume 1. And then we might have been spared some of the crap QT inflicted on us in both volumes (David Carradine's monologue, for instance).
Viewing the two in one sitting might improve matters, but that might also highlight the filmmaker's indulgence.
I give it 6/10, because I liked the music and the fights, but it's becoming increasingly obvious that QT will never better Pulp Fiction.