Explanation that Eclipses Brilliant Vol. 1

Rating: 5/10 (27 May 2004)

The second half of this gigantic homage collage piece turns out to serve as an explanation for the unrevealed background of Vol. 1. In many cases, unresolved mysteries hold the viewers' interests by making them keep guessing, while resolutions are rarely satisfying. Kill Bill is no exception; the plain excuse for The Massacre at Twin Pines even eclipses the brilliant Vol. 1. The odyssey of Black Mamba (Uma Thurman) concludes with the poorly executed family drama, where Thurman and David Carradine seem totally lost. Extreme close-ups (of both characters' faces and objects) look cliched and lose their impact when overused.
The four-hour epic (combining Vol. 1 and 2) may be more suitable for TV; each chapter has a decent content to comprise a decent series.