Vastly Superior to the cartoon of a predecessor

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2005)

Kill Bill Voulume 1 did not impress me. Sorry, but I was not happy. I thought a great story of revenge was ruined. Tarantino handled the first film like a demented road runner cartoon, with an overly goofy soundtrack, cheesy deaths of much blood splatter, its impossible stunts(of course an homage to old kung fu flicks). Now I didn't hate volume 1 (I would get the DVD)yet it caused me to see this film with much trepidtude. WOW!
Acting-10/10 Lovely Uma Thurman was really my favorite thing in Kill Bill 1, and she returns in this one with an even better and ore human performance. David Carradine is utterly fantastic as the title character, bringing a cocky output of his handling of the bride, but also a torture of losing her. Finally in comes Michael Madsen as my favorite character(Budd) and performance in the entirety of Kill Bill (excluding the main two of course). He plays a tricky character, at first he you feel sorry for him. He (like The Bride) seems to just want out, and put it behind him. You begin to feel as if he doesn't deserve his fate. Yet then he swings around full tilt, blasting The Bride off his doorstep so fast. He now acts like the bad guy he is, and all you could want is his death.
Writing-10/10 Tarantino spins a fairly simple yarn that works and flows. Get revenge. Most of QT's work takes place in his direction.
Direction-10/10 This time round Quentin has outdone himself. This film has such more of an emotional pull. This time it is much more emotional, and really at times stunningly beautiful. It really moved me. And of course all these Tarantino-isms from the first are here, but like everything else in volume 2 is smaller. This time around it is much more serious in exposition. In fact Tarantino has brought me and ending I find as unpredictable as The Sixth Sense. Expecting a big sword fight and god knows what I was surprised. Bill is killed quickly, getting the chance to get up and walk to his grave.
Many people claim you can't say one Kill Bill is better than the other as they are basically the same film. NO! They are not the same at all. They are completely different, and this time Tarantino has left me pinned to my seat. Bravo, extraordinary work...