 Movie
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with Evelyn Gough
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
If you loved Kill Bill: Vol. 1 with it's full on blood splattering action and sense of style then you may be slightly less enamored with Volume 2. I know I was.
It's still classic Tarantino, only this time Quentin gets all reflective and philosophical on us, which personally I found a bit of a snooze. (The Superman analogy was particularly mind numbing!)
Thankfully there were still some decent action sequences (nothing beats a good catfight between two gorgeous blondes! Meow!) as The Bride (Uma Thurman) continues her vengeful quest to kill Bill (David Carradine) her ex-boss, mentor and lover. This time we get the background on the massacre at Twin Pines, the event that started it all. Filmed in black and white, the heavily pregnant bride-to-be (Thurman), the groom (Chris Nelson) and their closest friends are rehearsing the approaching wedding.
Stepping outside for some fresh air The Bride discovers Bill playing the flute on the chapel porch. He promises to be "nice" but five minutes later his Assassination Viper Squad attack and, well, you know the rest...
Of course by now any decent, self-confessed Tarantino fanatic will have seen this second installment in the Kill Bill saga so I can safely reveal the chapter titles. After the aforementioned Chapter 6, Massacre at Twin Pines, we have Chapter 7, The Lonely Grave of Paula Schultz, (claustrophobics beware!), Chapter 8, The Cruel Tutelage of Pai Mei, (ow! Pass me an ice pack and an anti-inflammatory), Chapter 9, Elle and I, (the ultimate catfight) and finally the final chapter, Face to Face.
To be honest, and at the risk of upsetting all those aforementioned fans, by this stage I didn't really give a toss whether Bill was killed or not, I just wanted out. Yes that's right, I know it's totally uncool not to dig a Quentin Tarantino "masterpiece" but Kill Bill: Vol. 2 just didn't do it for me. Perhaps it wad David 'Mr Kung Fu' Carradine's fault. Tarantino originally wrote the Bill character for Warren Beatty. Now there's a guy I could kill for...
I also missed Tarantino' trademark inclusion of great pop tunes. Sure the cool Western/Asian score rocked but I was looking forward to hearing Kung Fu Fighting. Fans will adore it, everybody else, make up your own mind. But if graphic violence offends this may not be your cup of tea.
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