Quentin Tarantino and his 'Five-Point-Palm-Exploding-Heart Technique'

Rating: 10/10 (5 May 2017)

While 'Kill Bill: Vol. 1' was a masterfully directed, action-packed, humorous venture, 'Kill Bill: Vol. 2' is a masterfully directed, action-packed, humorous, emotional journey. In my review of volume 1 I briefly mentioned that the characters and their relationship with each other was what Tarantino really wanted us to relish. All the gore and the over the top action sequences (that really dominated the first volume especially) were just the icing. This time around, Tarantino builds on the tone that has been already set in volume 1 and gives much more importance to the ugly yet beautiful, hostile yet loving, relationship between the characters.
There is nothing much to say here other than to acknowledge the genius of Quentin Tarantino and his deep understanding of the art of filmmaking. And of course Uma Thurman. Her magnificent performance made sure that the movies exaggerated tone was not to distract the audiences from the heartfelt story it was trying to narrate. 'Kill Bill: Vol 2' is a brilliant movie which I felt was superior to the first.