Revenge is Sweet!

Rating: 7/10 (20 July 2004)

Kill Bill: Volume 2 starts off where the first left off as the Bride continues to slowly eliminate all the persons who nearly killed her 5 years before.
I thought the first film was pretty good especially with the many different storylines, cinematography and homages to Asian movies. I gotta admit though that this one is not as good as the first part even though this is still a good movie. It just didn't give the same satisfaction as the first movie.
I thought the action scenes were not up to the standards of the first one. Some of the "duels" i was expecting were not as flashy or as stunning as those in the first particularly the battle between the Bride and Elle. After all the hype in the first film as well as the first few parts of this one I found it rather disappointing and anticlimactic.
I absolutely loved the story of the Bride and Pei-Mei. It made me remember some of the old Chinese kung-fu movies I used to watch in my younger years down to the classic "You killed my master" plot line.
I also thought the scoring was pretty good and some of the props and costumes were also good.
It could have been better but nonetheless it was a good film.