Excellent yet lacking

Rating: 8/10 (16 April 2004)

I liked Vol 2 a lot. While I was watching it in the theater I felt that I liked the second more than the first. But now that I look back I don't like one more than the other. I like the first one for the fight scenes, and the second one for the wonderful plot, the story was so great. The only bit that was lacking was the fighting. I was expecting elaborate grand finale sword fighting scenes; instead of Fire Works I was awarded with a Flash in the Pan. The bride simply killed or disabled her opponents to fast. I do believe that I liked the sound track to Vol 2 better. I really enjoyed the back story of her training with Pai Mei. I wouldn't have minded seeing even more of her training with her master. Of course there was a purpose for it and QT had to keep the movie going. Overall quite good.