Tarantino's Best Yet.

Rating: 10/10 (22 April 2004)

Kill Bill 2 is, by far, the most powerful film to come out of Tarantino's massive head. Maybe it isn't as hilarious as Pulp Fiction, or as jam-packed with blood, gore, and action as Kill Bill Volume One, but it is by far the most emotional. I'll be honest, when I went in to see this at a late night show, I had already heard that it was slow, boring, and that the dialogue was monotonous, and I feared that I might fall asleep at a Tarantino movie, god forbid. Instead I cried. The Bride and Bill now join the illustrious list of film characters who have illicited tears from me, next to Jesus and Samwise Gamgee. Quentin crafts a relationship with these two that is much deeper than any we have seen from him before. There is a bittersweet kind of connedtion between the two, right down to the very end. But, aside from all of the emotions, there is also plenty of other good things about this picture. Michael Madsen's portrayal of Budd is so well done that I go from wanting to feel bad for the man to wanting to cut his head off in the course of two minutes and one plot twist. I won't give away the big surprise related to him, but let's just say it strikes when you least expect it. Darryl Hannah's Elle Driver serves one purpouse in this film; to get the livng snot beat out of her in the most epic catfight of all time. She fullfills her duties well. Quite honestly, this review doesn't really explain how good Volume 2 is. You have to see it for yourself.