I know I've been little on the lazy side when it came to reviewing Kill Bill Vol. 2, and sure I missed it's twentieth anniversary of its open release but in all fairness it's not too late to review it, in terms of a 21st Anniversary of the film’s release right? Well as fate would have it, I finally got the opportunity to watch the second and final installment to Quentin Tarantino's final revenge fueled masterpiece of Kill Bill Vol. 2 although when you think about it the film is technically one whole movie if you realize it, but we can talk about that whole aspect later. Moreover, I'll keep my jokes about David Carradine to a minimum.
“The Bride” (Uma Thurman) picks up where she left off in volume one with her quest to finish her hit list she has composed of all the people who have wronged her, including her ex-boyfriend (David Carradine), who tried to have her killed four years ago during her wedding to another man. Leaving several dead in her wake she eventually tracks down Bill in Mexico. And soon unanswered questions come to light.
Alright I'm trying the best of me to not joke so much in term of how David Carradine died (auto-erotic asphyxiation), Ah screw it maybe just one, "whenever David Carradine plays with his katana, he feels better, and I mean REALLY feels better". Okay, okay all jokes a side this was again one of the many movies that you can point in Quentin Tarantino's filmography and movies like this shows how great Quentin is when it came to working with actors I mean we don't have to get so much in terms of Uma Thurman in this movie but when you have actors like David Carradine, Michael Madsen and Daryl Hannah whose filmography is in the "meh" but when they're directed by Quentin Tarantino they do such an exceptional job with their characters, Like Daryl Hannah is basically a woman you'd despise but the late Michael Madsen does such a great job being the complex man who has some bad blood with his brother and yet at the same time defends him but more importantly plays this hick that you'd imagine Uma's character can take down easily but at the same time may have met her match, but more importantly just channels is inner Mr. Blonde which is great deep down you watch him in this movie. David Carradine also does a great job knowing who he really is but through the climax of the film you see how menacing he is as a character although he doesn't show is menacing ways but is like a silent and charming killer that doesn't lash out but is very scary face to face and at the same time you feel "choked up" when he meets is end. Okay that's permanently it but come on I just had to add that, and you never know in an alternate reality Uma Thurman was on a quest for revenge on Harvey Weinstein for being a disguising horrible person and for some reason killed David Carradine which may or could be possible but then would be a great spoof on the Unsolved Mysteries. Uma Thurman is fantastic in both the Kill Bill films and I truly believe that both films including Pulp Fiction and those are hands down her greatest acting performance and other movies in a sense can be passible but her drive and her hatred towards her enemies is just outstanding as well as her real emotions she shows through the course of the final showdown. All of the actors and actresses are excellent but if I had to pick one that was even outstanding it would most certainly be Gordon Liu who plays this powerful martial arts, master whose all in one a sexist, racist basically would never survive in this decade but at the same time when you see him train Uma you see this horrible person begin to respect his student in a way of knowing how special she is and she would be someone who can carry on his legacy and Gordon Liu does a great job at that. From the acting and the amazing action sequences you can tell Quentin Tarantino took notes in watching a lot of these 70's action films and does a great job blending the action as well as the great acting you see through out these two Volumes of Kill Bill. Both films are impossible to find in terms of streaming so obviously you have to rent these movies or if you want you can buy these great movies on your phone, and I would highly recommend watching them obviously because of Quentin Tarantino as well as every movie you can pick from his filmography and you can tell that each film are amazing and great at the same time and more importantly you can see that there are no bad movies in his filmography besides Death Proof but even he can say that was not his best work and I believe that's great character coming from him as a filmmaker and as an honest person.
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