A Movie Full Of Awesomeness

Rating: 10/10 (17 November 2018)

''The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle Driver.''
Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen...
Kill Bill Vol. 2 adds extra plot and dialogue to the action-heavy exploits of its predecessor, while still managing to deliver a suitably hard-hitting sequel/continuation. It's almost a completely different film to the first. Where Vol. 1 is purely action-driven with a lot of uncensored blood & gore, this one is exactly the opposite. The humor of the first volume is gone, the adventure is partly decreased and the tone becomes more serious and dramatic. It however makes up for it as we learn what The Bride's real name is, what happened to her baby, how the massacre happened and more character development for Budd, Elle and Bill. The first volume had some excellent scenes and fantastic direction, but lacked depth in its story. Vol. 2 provides this backing, and does it in an immersive way. With Tarantino having scenes show us past events throughout the film, it allows us to know more backstory about the characters, but in a non-boring way. Every moment feels like it was expertly directed and well put together. There is perhaps only one or two moments of actual violence in this film, the rest is purely story and character driven.
Uma Thurman once again, impresses as The Bride, and this time her character is allowed to become a real human being driven by emotions beyond those connected to a desire for revenge. Bill is a superb character creation of Tarantino's, and he is easily one of the best, most terrifying, interesting and intelligent movie villains of all time. While the story is enthralling throughout, where the film reaches its true potential is in the final act. You'd be surprised if you expect an extravagant and lengthy final battle between The Bride and Bill, as that's what we've been lead to believe by watching the first volume. What Tarantino gives us instead is a taught, tense and sublimely written final conversation between the two characters.
Though some of the dialogues are lengthy, everything just fell into place as the movie progressed to its climax. Kill Bill Vol. 2 is all about the emotional dilemma and conflicts that result to unimaginable consequences. It is less kinetic but more satisfying. Actually, Vol. 1 is 90% style and 10% substance while Vol. 2 is 90% substance and 10% style. Totally, the two films are different, which may be the result of the split. Overall, Vol. 2 contains less action, less fight scenes, but more of backstory, depth, dialogue and better character development.
In Conclusion:
Overall, Tarantino delivers a wonderful cult-style film with a fluent mixture of samurai and western style. Kill Bill plays out much like the concept of revenge itself - actions and instincts engulf us at first, but as time goes on and the journey rampages toward its ultimate conclusion, truth and meaning quickly take over. Where Tarantino starts off with a bang, he rightfully finishes off with a shock to our system - maturity and philosophical contemplation on the subject of revenge and what it means for those involved. As a whole, Kill Bill is utterly unified, possesses a strong, dramatic ark, and, above all, stands as quite possibly the most passionate, loving tribute to cinema ever made.