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| ACTORS: | Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Quentin Tarantino |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 10 October, 2003 |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| MEDIA: | Theatrical Release |
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Customer Reviews of Kill Bill, Volume 1
Gratingly Bold And Captivating Martial Arts Extravaganza. Sure it's outlandishly violent and bloody. Can anyone expect Tarantino's movie not to be a true mind-blowing, adrenaline-pumping shocker? Of course not! Gritty and slick, his first instalment of KB rocks with moody western imagery, the '60s and '70s-era of Hong Kong martial arts-action, the influences of the ritualistic samurai swordsmanship, and Japanese anime. Like in all his films, Tarantino never fails to merge dark humour with terror. It's impossible not to smile over the Shaw Bros.' iconic introduction ploy and the De Palma-esque split screens. Observe the 'Carrie' blank-starry eyed image settled on The Bride's gory face as she's introduced to the audience. Perhaps, Uma Thurman in her yellow suit is a salute to the yellow-suited Bruce Lee in his last film, The Game of Death. Or is The Bride 'Just another little Western girl playing at being a samurai' - as O-Ren Ishii blatantly puts it?
This film's a sampling of the Tarantino 'fury' short of the Tarantino customary fiery tongue. It celebrates the Tarantino trademark of avoiding the use of computer-generated CGI special effects. It's almost as if I'm watching a colourful and bloodied kabuki stage that's displaying a stunningly massive tournament of multi-layered kung-fu and female samurai sword-fighting styles to dazzle the audience. It's examining how Tarantino catalogues the great stylistic elements of his favourite 'old-school' filmmakers and transforms them into a phenomenally creative and mesmerizing film. Yep, there's a great deal of captivatingly artistic boldness in this film. Powerfully portrayed and not to be easily forgotten. Violently brutal and gloriously gory without doubt, and yet so aesthetically operatic and astoundingly artful. The music and lyrics that accompany the scenes are astounding. They set the moods so appropriately with the events.
Even at 'The House Of Blue Leaves', we get to see Tarantino weaving the artistic styles of Lucio Fulci, Chang-Che, Sergio Leone, Kurosawa, Zhang Yimou and Busby Berkeley to bring the audience a stylistic exhibit of remarkable montage grandeur. The themes of betrayal and revenge come off strong. Every camera shot and scene seems to scream out, non-stop, 'Kill Bill and all of Bill's DVAS members.' My adrenaline's still flowing as I'm recalling the scenes. Tarantino has make a solid point with this film to show that martial arts scenes should stick to the artful and realistic choreographic treatment to sustain the true spiritual spirit of martial arts.
Great, but not his Best
If you like Quentin, you are most likely going to enjoy his masterfully directed revenge flick. It is my favorite movie of the year, and the storyline is thrilling. His cinematography is mind-blowing, switching to black and white, and anime in two segments of the film. Uma Thurman does a great job acting as The Bride, who is left for dead (but thankfully not) at her wedding. The movie is based on her revenge against Vernita Greene (Vivica A. Fox) and Oren Ishi-ii (Lucy Liu), two members of 4 in the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. They're boss Bill (David Carradine) is heard and barely seen in the movie, which unveils more mystery of this two part flick. Quentin uses great music from The RZA and this movie relates to 70's grindhouse films. Quentin uses his technique of chopped up story telling which is fascinating to watch unfold. And for the movie buffs out there, Tarantino pays numerous homages to previous movies with one-liners and certain scenes. This is not a "Pulp Fiction" or "Resevoir Dogs", but it is a tribute to old kung-fu movies and spaghetti westerns. This movie is a terrific film and Uma is one ass kicking chick.
great movie
i loved this film! great STYLE, great action, great story. and very funny. i loved the use of zamfir's famous tune for the samurai scene! it's a delicious homage (or parody?!) of various genres - japanese samurai (esp kurosawa), chinese kung fu, american spaghetti westerns. wonderful.