I saw the first volume of Tarantino's homage to Kung-Fu and everything seventies, and was blown away by the volumes of corn-syrup blood washed over every set in the movie. It was a violent outburst unconcerned with any real story other than the revenge tale loosley described by The Bride (Uma Thurman). I waited several months before viewing Volume 2, hoping to be pleasantly surprised by the inclusion of a plot, storyline, and believeable ending. As you might guess, I was disappointed on all three counts.
Volume 2 picks up where Volume 1 leaves off. Though there is less bloodloss and loss of life (its all relative when you kill 101 men in one scene alone), Volume 2 still has its moments of majestic masochism. The Bride, whose name we don't know until near the end of the movie, gets blasted by a double barrel shotgun at point blank range, buried alive, and survives that. Another character gets an eye ripped from her head. But beyond those two small sojourns into the sadistic, Tarantino keeps the viewer focused on the plot which is more fleshed out this time. We see The Bride training under the master Pai Mei, learning the skills which will aid her in her quest to Kill Bill (David Carradine). Tarantino paces Volume Two well, divulging info when appropriate, letting us in on the story and building to...a strange and unsatisfying ending.
I say unsatisfying because though there is resolution, the relationship between Bill and The Bride is unbelieveable at best and their friendly banter at the end of the movie is a ridiculous stretch of the term "suspension of belief". I know the movie was supposed to be campy, but I was left with several major questions like, Who the hell was Bill? Who employed him and financed his team of assassin's operations? Why aren't there any police in this world Tarantino has created? Where does The Bride get the money to travel all over the place?
The movie is enjoyable though, as a rental, but I'm glad I didn't pay full theater price to see it.
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