Kill Bill Vol.2 (DVD)

...‘n guts odyssey that is Kill Bill. Viewers of the first instalment will know what to expect, then. Flying limbs, spurting blood, faceless warriors and not much else. Those who enjoy such cinematic luxuries as a plot, some acting or heaven help us – a script, were advised by me to take a magnifying glass along to the multiplex, as these elements were damned hard to find in that initial two hour death marathon. But never one to let us sink into our ...
...out on her mission to Kill the lot of them, including their leader, Bill. The first film gave away so little about who these people were, and why they were so hell bent on pursuing these extreme actions, it was hard to really engage with the story at all. But Vol. 2 opens with an absolute blinder of a classic QT scene, and immediately we know we’re in for something very different this time round. Beautifully shot in dazzling monochrome, we find The ...

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Kill Bill Volume 1 left us with a lot of unanswered questions but Kill Bill Volume2 delivers all the answers. Quentin Tarantino continues his homage to his favourite cinema styles with this final instalment of his stylish revenge thriller. THE STORY It’s difficult to outline the plot of this movie without inevitably giving something away about the first instalment of the series. The Bride a former member of the Deadly Viper assassination squad ...
....... Rufus If Kill Bill 1 was a feast of full throttle martial arts action Kill Bill 2 is a darker more complex film. There are still plenty of highly choreographed fight scenes but there is also more emphasis on mood and overall a slower pace is adopted. This is more a tribute to the classic Spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone than the honk Kong samurai movies although the two styles have also been linked in the past. Many of the sequences with ...

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...Tarantino fan, having already reviewed Kill Bill Volume 1 I feel it is only right to continue in the same ilk. So here we go with Volume 2... Turn on the DVD and you are presented with various scenes from the film and the usual options, Play Movie, Set Up, Scene Selection and Bonus Features. We see the moment where the Bride is shot, then we see her explain her actions as she drives to Kill Bill. Chapter 6 - Massacre at Two Pines This chapter ...
...while on her way to kill someone. We see the moment she finds out she is pregnant and then Bill explains how he tracked her down and what he was thinking while she disappeared. Kiddo seems to be filled with regret but we soon see she has never been happier. "I must warn you young lady I am susceptible to flattery" "I'm a killer, I'm a murdering b*****d, you know that." Wait after the credits for an alternate take of The Bride ripping out one of ...

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...the end of the original Kill Bill 'The Bride' had struck two assassins from her death list, the infamous Chinese mob boss O-Ren Ishii and the strong Vernita Green, pay back for them killing her husband and destroying her wedding day, she has to devour two more of the worlds most deadly fighter and she will finally reach her target. She has come a hell of a long way to get to the crime lord who ordered her love dead, and this time she will Kill Bill. ...
...The whole premise of Kill Bill is tragic to its core, it is about a woman, who in one day lost everything that she ever cherished, her husband, friends and unborn child only to be shot in the head and sent into a coma for four years. Whilst in her state of nothingness she was raped and beat by doctors, used as a sex toy by paying strangers and left to wake up destroyed, helpless and almost paralyzed by pain both physical and emotional. The problem ...

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...go, and since then the Kill Bill films have worked their way up and are now 2 of my favourite films of all time. Kill Bill 2 was on the telly the other night, and of course I had to watch it...again! As you can tell from its title, this is the second movie of the 2 volume Kill Bill films, made by the talented Quentin Tarantino. The first film, Kill Bill Vol. 1 was released in 2003, and followed in 2004 by its conclusion, Kill Bill Vol. 2. In order ...
...both Budd and Elle and kill them both? And more importantly is she going to be able to track down the man who created this mess for The Bride - Bill? As with the first film, the story is told through a series of flashbacks and current action, which works so well for the film because of the intricate storyline. This films actually starts with the mass murder of The Bride's family and friends, and near execution of The Bride herself. This is shot in ...

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...the first part of the Kill Bill saga so I thought I would actually get around to writing about the second film. Kill Bill Volume 2 came out about six months after the first one. Considering I loved the first film so much I just knew I had to watch the second and see how it all ends. I was only 16 at the time but I still went to watch it at the cinema, bad Sam I know! Well what can I say about this film, its Quentin Tarantino's finest, I actually ...
...The manufacturer's description of Kill Bill 2 is as follows. With this thrilling, must-see movie event, writer and director Quentin Tarantino completes the action packed quest for revenge begun by The Bride (Uma Thurman) in Kill Bill 1. Having already crossed two names from her death list, the Bride is back with a vengeance and taking aim at Budd and Elle Driver, the only two survivors from the squad of assassins who betrayed her four years earlier. ...

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...know! In 2003 he directed Kill Bill 1 which was followed more recently by the release of Kill Bill 2 in April 2004. Kill Bill 1… Very Useful for Understanding of the Sequel… This begins with the ghastly massacre of “The Bride’s” wedding by members of The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad – managed by Bill. The Bride was once a member of this squad but left due to discovering she was pregnant. Necessary for the story to continue The Bride survives ...
...including Lucy Liu. Kill Bill 2… Continuing From The Above… Originally there were 5 on the Bridge’s Vengence List – now there’s three Elle Driver, Budd and Bill remain – without spoiling the story completely I’ll tell you she succeeds in killing the first two, but I’ll leave you to wonder if she fully completes her mission! Again this begins with the Wedding Massacre, interestingly it takes you back to the time and shows the exact happenings on ...

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Kill Bill Volume 2 is a sequel to, you’ve guessed it, Kill Bill Volume 1. The obvious reason for my seeing this was because I saw the first one, I wanted to know how the story began, how it ends, and because I wanted to see more of the action I saw in the first one. The film was directed by Quentin Tarantino. I don’t know much about him but he directed films such as pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. The story revolves around The Bride/Black Mamba ...
...(David Carradine), hence the title Kill Bill. The Bride was formally a member of a team of assassins known as Deadly Viper, with Bill as their leader. Tired of her life as an assassin, The Bride escapes Bill to try to start a new life. She meets a guy, they get engaged and she gets pregnant. However, at their wedding rehearsal, Bill shows up, and he had also arranged for the Deadly Viper squad to massacre everyone from the groom to the guests, as ...

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Uproar was too tame a word to describe the feelings last Autumn when it was announced that "The Fourth Film by Quentin Tarantino" would in fact be split into two volumes and so become "The Fourth and Fifth films by Quentin Tarantino". His long-awaited homage to Spaghetti Westerns/Kung-fu flicks was, for reasons still unconfirmed, to be divided into two 2-hour films. Were us loyal cinema-going public being forced to pay to see the same film twice? ...
...find yourself thinking that whoever had the idea of splitting the film could well have been right. KB2 is a different beast to its prequel, a richly-textured, slow-paced character piece, a chance to catch your breath after the frenetic, fast paced exploits of the Bride (Uma Thurman) in the first film, while filling in all the gaps and answering all the questions you no doubt had upon leaving the cinema after seeing it. Besides, sequels are nothing ...

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...while, largely after the first Kill Bill, a film that annoyed me in a big way. I went into it expecting to enjoy it, and came out bored stupid after seeing two hours and what felt like badly assembled clips from other films. Looking back on his career, his trend is hardly a new one for him. Jackie Brown resembles a ton of 70s crime films. Reservoir Dogs is just a remake of Long hu feng yun, a 1987 Hong Kong film. Pulp Fiction appears to be his only ...
...in what he does. Kill Bill Vol 2 is no exception to this rule. This is the point where I'd usually write a paragraph detailing the plot. Unfortunately, much like the first, the second Kill Bill decides to pass over such minor annoyances as any kind of story, and thus I have little to write. The Bride (Uma Thurman) continues her quest to kill Bill (David Carradine), who tried to kill her at her wedding several years earlier. Along the way she kills ...

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...of all, The Making of Kill Bill Vol. 2. This I actually enjoyed watching more than the first volume. Just shows really what I thought of the first film. The film is done in a different style to the first volume. The first being a mixture of 70’s style films with colour, kung-fu movies and manga, not giving a solid base to the film. This is done in the style of spaghetti westerns with the desert and the music in the background. A better styling ...
...and white working well within the film. The style reminds me a lot of From Dusk til Dawn, a film I enjoyed greatly. While the first story is basically a revenge story, this volume gives you the background to the first. How The Bride was connected to Bill, how she came to be in the chapel and how she learnt her skills. Unlike the first, there is not as much in the way of blood and guts in this one. In fact there is only a couple of fight scenes within ...

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KILL BILL VOL. 2 Waiting for a Quentin Tarantino movie is almost like waiting for a bus. You wait ages for one then two of them come along in quick succession. The second half of QT’s movie has arrived but is it any good? Well, after the high kicking, action packed, Samurai sword wielding antics of QT’s eastern we have here a complete change of pace. A character driven, darker and brutal modern day spaghetti western where we see The Bride tracking ...
...the cutting edge that Vol.1 lacked. So how can one really enjoy the Kill Bill Mythology? Even though both movies are actually excellent in their own right, take 4hrs out from your normal day and watch them back-to-back as they were meant to be viewed. You will NOT be disappointed!! ...

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Kill Bill: Volume 1 promised us a roaring rampage of revenge, and that, with immense style and panache, was precisely what it delivered. However it only gave us half of a story, so here, after a few months' wait, comes volume 2 to tell us how it all ends, with a little more plot thrown in for good measure. Volume 2 was always going to be a different sort of film to Volume 1, the real surprise is just how much less enjoyable it turned out to be. If ...
...from seeing Volume 1 all those months ago, not to worry, Volume 2 makes it easy to pick up the story of The Bride (Uma Thurman) and her quest for vengeance against Bill (David Carradine), the leader of a group of killers known as the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad to which The Bride used to belong. We see exactly what happened at the church the day before the pregnant Bride was due to be married, and most importantly just what her relationship ...

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...and the second installment of Kill Bill is finally released. Yes people it is time once again to get your butts back to the theatres and watch the next bit of magic Tarantino has given to us. If you liked the first volume, then you will like this, if you didn’t like the first volume, then you will like this, and if you haven’t seen the first volume (God help you) then you will like this. Plot: The story is not hard to follow, the Bride is back to ...
...Hannah) she goes on to KILL BILL. Characters: Bud; played by Michael Madson – Reservoir Dogs. Bud is Bills brother, and plays an ex Viper who isn’t particularly happy with the way things have turned out. He works in a strip club now as a bouncer and has very little respect for himself. Michael is a good actor and fits into this character perfectly, though it doesn’t beat his Reservoir Dogs performance. Elle Driver; played by Darryl Hannah – Splash. ...

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...times a gruesome endeavour of Kill Bill Volume 1, I was expecting more of the same for Kill Bill Volume 2, however, the sheer quality of the script combined with the masterful acting by the Bride (Uma Thurman) and the ice-cool demeanour of Bill (David Carradine) did not disappoint as the action made way for plot and character development. Judging from the amount of gore in the first film, this one could well afford the breather that was so richly ...
...my destination, I am gonna Kill Bill.” Kill Bill Volume 2 is definitely the roaring rampage of revenge The Bride (Uma Thurman) promised it to be and Tarrantino should be honoured on producing another film that definitely lived up to the hype personally. Thurman was earmarked for this role ever since she played the junkie Mia in Pulp Fiction and has been cast perfectly by Tarrantino as they both worked on the plot development. It was even Thurman, ...

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