Kill Bill Vol. 2
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Taglines:
- Revenge is a dish best served cold.
- The bride is back for the final cut
- This Spring, It's Not Over Til It's Over
- Kill is love.
- On April 16th...The Quest for Revenge Continues...
- Back With A Vengeance
- Here comes the bride.
- She will kill Bill
- Kill Bill Now
- The whole thrilling tale is revealed.
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Synopsis
The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle.
Review
At long last, we finally get to see the second part of QTs latest film. In the first part we discovered that The Bride, left for dead by the rest of the Deadly Viper Assasination Squad, and Bill, awoke from her coma with one intention…to kill them all, with Bill planned for the last. She has already taken out two of the gang, now she has her sights set on the final stages.
The first film was such an explosion of over-the-top action and style, paying particular homage to the 70s kung-fu era of films. This film is a very different affair, but is the perfect companion piece to Vol. 1. This time the action is replaced by dialogue and exposition. We get a wealth of back-story of the Bride, from her training, to the events on the ‘wedding day’. Not only that, but we get to learn her name (finally). The differing style from Vol 1 to Vol 2 will upset a few people who may be expecting the same feel as the first, but this was never meant to be a ‘second part’, but was originally planned to be part of the same film. Seen as such, you can see how well balanced the two (one) film(s) actually is. This film is more Tarantino than Vol. 1.
All the usual QT dialogue is present and correct, with so many quotable lines scattered naturally throughout the script. There are the irrelevant chunks of phrases which any other writer would excise from the script, but not QT. It is these little quotes which make his films seem all the more real, no matter how ludicrous the story. For not one moment throughout did the wordplay drag the film down, and indeed whenever the eponymous Bill (played with magnificence by David Carradine) is talking, you just have to listen.
This is not to say that the film has no action. When it does come, it is fast and dirty, such as the much hyped ‘trailer fight’ between The Bride and Hannah’s one-eyed assassin. The whole scene is brutal, and very funny. But the action isn’t the draw-point in this film. This time the story takes the front seat, with the action tagging along as a passenger.
There are flaws in the film. Continuity errors can be picked on throughout, but has that ever stopped QT before? Pulp Fiction has a load of continuity errors, but the end result is still enjoyable. Indeed, QT is a Pulp director, and maybe his lack of continuity is a reflection of the style of writing/filming he is trying to emulate.
Overall, if you saw Vol 1 and loved it, you will see this film despite what anyone else says about it. If you didn’t like Vol. 1, but like QT, give this one a shot. It is the Jackie Brown to Pulp Fiction. Different in style and tone, but definitely Tarantino.
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