KILL
BILL
Vol.
1
With
Uma
Thurman,
Lucy
Liu,
Darryl
Hannah,
David
Carradine,
Sonny
Chiba,
Michael
Madsen,
Vivica
A.
Fox,
Julie
Dreyfus
Directed
by
Quentin
Tarantino
He
of
the
crescent
mooned
face,
caffeine
fuelled
speech
and
cinematically
passionate
soul
returns
with
a
vengeance
-
literally.
With
several
years
passing
since
Tarantino's
third
feature
Jackie
Brown,
fans
can
be
glad
to
know
that
this
two-part
extravaganza
of
retribution
and
dark
humour
will
be
hard
pressed
to
disappoint.
The
impetus
for
the
story
came
from
Uma
and
Quentin.
Thurman
plays
the
angel
of
death
to
members
of
her
old
assassination
squad
who
double-crossed
her
after
her
retirement
from
the
business,
wiping
out
her
entire
wedding
reception
(including
her
unborn
child).
But,
the
bride
awakens
from
her
coma
years
later
with
one
thing
on
her
mind
-
getting
even.
One
by
one
her
ex-team
members
get
picked
off
in
spectacular
and
creatively
violent
ways.
To
a
lesser
extent
than
Pulp
Fiction,
he
toys
with
the
conventions
of
linear
narrative
structure,
jumping
around
the
various
main
scenes
of
Thurman's
exacting
revenge.
Tarantino
pays
homage
to
a
range
of
his
favourite
genres,
especially
those
from
the
East
(also
including
a
slice
of
vicious
Japanese
Anime).
Merciless
but
bitingly
humourous
at
the
same
time,
Kill
Bill
Vol.1
has
that
Tarantino
flavour
all
over
it,
but
not
as
dialogue
intensive
as
before.
It's
a
blast,
making
it
the
most
assertive
chick-flick
in
years.
Lacking
the
focused
minimalist
intensity
of
Reservoir
Dogs
and
the
dialogue
rich
splendour
of
Pulp
Fiction,
Kill
Bill
Vol.1
does
contain
his
streak,
but
on
a
larger
scale
with
a
visually
broad
canvas
of
great
shots
adding
up
to
great
scenes,
whether
it
is
the
composition,
action
construction
and
choreography,
narrative
style
or
moody
tone
-
the
musical
choice
again
an
integral
part.
Kill
Bill
Vol.1
is
brutal
fun.
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