Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman's Scorn Redux! Uma Kills!

Rating: Null/10 (19 April 2004)

KILL BILL: VOL. 2 (2004) **** Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Gordon Liu, Michael Parks, Perla Haney-Jardine, Chris Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Bo Svenson.
Quentin Tarantino's epic tale of vengeance and feminism runs the gamut for Thurman as The Bride closing in on her titular odyssey while dispatching her former assassin co-horts in the process to reach full circle in the ultimate closure cum revenge saga told with visual brilliance, cheeky dialogue and some truly amazing fight sequences atypically being the Amazonian grudge match between Thurman and Hannah the one-eyed killer with nothing to lose (well, almost nothing) as well as her final moment of sweet payback. Carradine gives a memorable performance as the sibilant smooth snaky object of desire with his cool as a cucumber line readings and too-knowing demeanor as a worthy adversary.
Thurman gives a canny adrenalized go who is never at a loss for a surprise twist in the proceedings at hand largely thanks to Tarantino's gift for building tension and able mix of film noir, chop socky martial arts flicks, chatty pop culture riffing and dysfunctional family comedy. One of the year's best films.