Kill Bill has been killed. (Spoilers.)

Rating: Null/10 (16 April 2004)

In order to fully criticize the second Kill Bill movie, one has to recognize the fact that these two films were originally conceived as one. Given this fact, an obvious expectation for "Kill Bill Vol. 2" would be that it remain consistent with "Vol. 1".
This is not the case at all. Where as the first one was full of rough action, tough dialogue, and sleek style, the second half of Tarantino's opus is littered with poor, tedious dialogue and a complete absence of spectacle. One could even go as far as saying that "Vol. 2" trivializes the raw mysticism of "Vol. 1".
The ambiguity of The Bride is completely abandoned in favor of dreadful dialogue scenes that seem to go on for an eternity. These scenes are intended to flesh out the story and characters, but in doing so the audience is bored and irritated. "Vol. 1" had none of this and it worked as a cool, nostalgic Kung-Fu flick. "Vol. 2" on the other hand is a relationship drama with each "Chapter" of it disappointing fans exponentially.

There's no memorable music cues, no anime sequence, hardly any fights, no cool story-structure, and the ending is so awful it is MST3K-worthy. I'm glad Tarantino decided to cut the whole film in half, though. At least we have a great film and a bad one, instead of a really long flick where the first half rocks and the second one sucks. I'm sorry, but "Kill Bill Vol. 2" is the most disappointing film in recent memory.