Kill Bill is a film that you’ll either love or you’ll hate simply because this movie is so extreme and outrageous. I better just say for the record that I’m by no means a fan of Quentin Tarantino’s work, I find most of his films to be too fragmented and outlandish as they’re either way too slow that they’ll send you to sleep or they move at such a frantic pace that it’s hard to keep up. Kill Bill showcases both of these traits however because of the eccentricity of the movie it keeps you entertained until the end because you’ll feel that you’re watching something very individual and different to other films.

What really stands out for me concerning Kill Bill is the sheer pace and franticness of it all, right from the opening sequence we witness the brutal ‘murder’ of The Bride which then leads straight onto an excellently choreographed fight between The Bride and the first of the Deadly Four, Copperhead (Vivica A. Fox), who in reality is the last in this volume to die. This is one of my favourite parts of the movie as it shows what a sharp sense of humour Quentin Tarantino has, the scene doesn’t entail any laugh out loud moments but it’s subtle comedy mixed with the brutality which makes it somewhat disconcerting because you don’t know whether to laugh or not. One of the funniest parts of the film for me was near the end when she’s sat in the aeroplane writing a death list, she makes no attempt to shadow what she’s writing and does it in full view for anyone to see. Of course next to her is her samurai sword with the people around her seemingly undisturbed by the weapon she has. I think if I was on a flight opposite to somebody with a samurai sword (not that it would happen) I’d probably be a little disturbed, but of course this is Hollywood and anything goes. This is pretty much the tone of the comedy that you should expect to see all the way through and it’s absolutely fantastic.

Even though Kill Bill parodies other films in clever and subtle ways it’s also become the subject for numerous parodies itself, with a fight scene that has arguably become more famous and more recognisable than what it was parodying in the first place. The fight scene depicted in The House Of Blue Leaves has now become synonymous over the years since it’s release. There’s so much critique that I could give to the scene because it’s utterly farcical and implausible but then on the other hand it’s superb. This is a film that requires the audience not to take it too seriously, at one point you have a prolonged fight scene where you witness The Bride fighting 88 trained assassins at once, if you haven’t seen this film you’re probably thinking how absurd it sounds but take my word for it, this film is worth watching if only for that scene and that scene alone. The face off subsequent to this scene is a little disappointing, considering how prolonged the scene with The Crazy 88 is it seemed a little bit of a letdown that what should have been the main and best fight sequence fall flat, it only lasts a couple of minutes and the majority of that is filled with talking. Of course you’re watching this feeling that after fighting 88 people at once The Bride will probably be a little fatigued and probably need a bottle of Lucozade to give her a lift the maintain her unrivalled stamina but I was still left disappointed at how quick the end fight scene was.