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Kill Bill Vol. 2 is the concluding installment of the Kill Bill saga. In this one the Bride (Uma Thurman) continues her vengeance against her ex-boss, Bill, and the two remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle.
The first one had more of an eastern feel, this one is more like a western. So it's dusty, dirty and sweaty. Again Tarantino enlists the help of Ennio Morricone, the man who can take an ordinary western and make it legendary. His music is masterful, the lone trumpets in his compositions invoking a sense of isolation and the wild west, which is exactly the tone this film needs.
The acting is good again, helped by a sharp script. The action scenes are fewer and far between than the first one but equally as impressive. Again during the fight scenes the music is kept to a minimum (if there is any at all) so you can hear every time the blade swooshes past the camera very clearly.
There's still an eastern feel though, as we are introduced to Pai Mei, who teaches The Bride how to be an ruthless killing machine. It is filmed just like a 70's martial arts movie, with similar music and fast close ups. A great treat if you remember those movies fondly.
A few negatives though, the ending can seem to drag on a bit, and the final of the Bride/Elle fight was a bit of an anti-climax, especially after one of the most tense, exciting and anticipation lifting pieces of music I've ever heard, as the bride and Elle stare each other out, with the camera slowly moving in until you see the whites of their eyes (a nod to Sergio Leone)
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Production Year: 2003 - Action/Adventure - Director: Jan De Bont - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Angelina Jolie, Ciaran Hinds, Chris Barrie, Gerard Butler, Noah Taylor, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 2001 - Action/Adventure - Director: Dominic Sena - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Sam Shepard, Vinnie Jones, Camryn Grimes, Zach Grenier
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psirac 19.12.2008 09:41
Nice reviews, a little short perhaps but quite helpful.
"The Bride" (Uma Thurman) gets her satisfaction--and so do we--in Quentin Tarantino's ... more
"roaring rampage of revenge",Kill Bill, Vol. 2. Where Vol. 1 was a hyper-kinetic tribute to the Asian chop-socky grindhouse flicks that have been thoroughly cross-ref...
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"The Bride" (Uma Thurman) gets her satisfaction--and so do we--in Quentin Tarantino's ... more
"roaring rampage of revenge",Kill Bill, Vol. 2. Where Vol. 1 was a hyper-kinetic tribute to the Asian chop-socky grindhouse flicks that have been thoroughly cross-ref...
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Advantages: If you like glib humor and dialogue, its for you Disadvantages: If you like glib humor and dialogue, its for you. Takes suspension of belief a bit too far...
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Advantages: If you like glib humor and dialogue, its for you Disadvantages: If you like glib humor and dialogue, its for you. Takes suspension of belief a bit too far...
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Advantages: A Quentin Tarantino film with a great plot, and amusing blood Disadvantages: Some people find it boring, but I don't understand it myself...
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