I cannot believe that I haven’t written a review on this one yet.
After seeing it couple of times when it released, I caught it again this weekend on Zee Studio.
A Quentin Tarantino film, well, it had to be what it is.
Kill Bill is the story of a woman out to venge her colleagues and her lover who tried to kill her.
First: A few trivia about the film.
The tune that Elle Driver is whistling in the hospital is the theme from the movie ’Twisted Nerve’ (1968)
The Japanese version of ’’Kill Bill’’ is longer and contains even more violence and gore.
The Pussy Wagon is actually Quentin Tarantino’s car. It was originally destined to be blown up in one of the two chapters cut from Kill Bill: Volume 2, but ultimately Tarantino decided that he was too attached to it.
The siren you hear when Beatrix’s face turns red after seeing her enemies is taken from the movie ’’Five Fingers of Death’’ the first kung fu movie available in the US. This is the first of two references made toward martial arts actor Lo Leigh. His name is in the rip portion of the credits.
When The Bride stands over the remains of the Crazy 88 Killers, Quentin Tarantino, in a mask, is among them.
The maker of films like Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Desperado - Kill Bill falls in the genre of action.
But in an action film to watch a female protagonist makes all the difference.
Uma Thurman is the female protagonist in question here. She is part of Bill’s gang and is brutally tortured by them when she decides to call it quits.
The film is full of high points and high energy.
Chapter 1: The fight between her and Vivicia Fox.
Chapter 2: She waking up from the coma and biting off the guy’s tongue.
Chapter 3: O-Ren (Lucy Lui)’s history documented with comic characters.
Chapter 4: The Okinawa’s sword
Chapter 5: Massacre of O-Ren’s gang and eventually her.
The film might have been gory viewing for lots of people.
But if you see it purely for the cinematic pleasure, it is indeed a masterpiece.