Easily One of the Best Movies of 2004

Rating: 9/10 (25 January 2019)

18 April 2004. Less violence, more character - Volume 2 goes where most movie dare not tread - character development and slow-moving dialogue with a superb David Carradine in a Best-Supporting Actor performance working with an amazing script and subtle complex series of acting and expressional, mysterious, ominous wit. Uma Thurman explodes onto the screen with full facial exposure in black and white as well as color. The plot-twists abound, the world is turned upside down in both silence and loud crashing drama, in pitch darkness and blazing heated fury.
The old style Western movie music, the samurai Japanese style genre, the humor, the violence all are blended, folded and fused into a perfect piece of cinema that throws the whole direction of Volume One into another dimension. This powerfully emotional, sometimes funny drama, action, mystery, martial arts genre bursts through into a new creative, cinematic experience. Unleashed from the prior expectations and assumption of Volume 1, this movie both irritates, frustrates and re-directs its focus into another world of "Kill Bill" with its refocused emphasis and toned down sword play and more cerebral manifestation of dialogue and careful, singular artistry of martial arts.
Oscar nominations for Kill Bill Volume 2 (best picture) Quentin Tarantino (best director & writing) Uma Thurman (best actor & writing) David Carradine (bestsupporting male performance) Michael Madsen (best supporting male performance) Robert Richardson (best cinematography) and Oscar nominations for sound and film editing