Quentin Tarantino continues his tale of revenge and massacre in Kill Bill Vol 2. In Volume One we see a very pregnant “The Bride” shot and her friends killed at her wedding by her former colleagues in the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. The Bride survived and after four years in a coma she regained consciousness, she made a list of the five who had crossed her and sought revenge by killing them all. In Volume One she killed Vernita Green and O-Ren Ishii, in what can only be called the most outrageously over the top blood fest in cinema history.

Kill Bill 2 takes a different track, but is in no doubt very much a continuation of the first. We learn that the wedding of “The Bride” was in fact her ‘dress’ wedding rehearsal and that “Bill” had announced his arrival before the massacre took place. We learn many things in this half and as such Volume Two is more about answering the questions that were raised in the first. Such as, “why” the Deadly Assassination Viper Squad tried to take out ‘the Bride’ in the first place.

I am not going to tell the story of what happens as it will give away the twists and turns of what is essentially a simple plot of revenge. Tarentino again takes us for a ride into Kung Fu culture and Spaghetti Western schlock, but he does it with great style. His combination of stunning visuals, great action, humour and great music, combine in a way to give soul to the second half of what was essentially one movie.

Michael Marsdens performance as Budd was cool. One may ask the question on why a highly paid assassin is living out of a trailer in the middle of the desert, doing a dead end job. That question is never answered, but who cares. Budd has a depth of character that epitomises cool to the ‘nth’ degree.

I must admit to liking Elle Driver (Darryl Hannah). I mean, what a bitch. But wouldn’t every female love to have the guts to be that much of a bitch at some time or other in their lives? She gets some really cool lines inthis movie, but the question of what finally happens to Elle remains a question.

David Carradine, still moves with the grace he has when in Kung Fu in the 70’s. His economy of movement is a joy to watch and he almost appears to under act his scenes and he just simply ‘is’.

Tarentino, sure knows how to pick a cast and to bring out the best in the actors who work for him. Kill Bill 2 is an excellent continuation of the saga. I am actually looking forward to watching the two films running consecutively. Should be a joy to behold.

By the way, you get to learn “The Bride’s” real name.

THE EXTRAS

Not a whole lot of extras, but they are all good and I would have liked more.

The Making Of Kill Bill Vol. 2 - We get to hear Tarentino discuss his philosphy of comic book mythology and his love of cinema and all its guises again. He explains how some actors came by multiple roles inthis movie and how the music mix was important to the film again. This is all great stuff.

CHINGON Performance From The Kill Bill Vol. 2 Premiere.

Mexican Mariachi meets rock music. this to me is guitar music heaven. Liston to Chingon play several tracks live of music that is found in the movie. they played at the Kill Bill Vol 2 Premiere and I wish I had been there.

Damoe Deleted Scene - Another cool scene, from a waaay cool movie, but I can see why it was deleted as it wouldn’t have added any value to the film

CONCLUSION

There may not be as much gore as in Kill Bill Vol 1, but Kill Bill Vol 2 answers all the questions as to why the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad tried to kill “The Bride”. We also get to see how “The Bride” got to be so good. Tarentino takes us on another ride through cinema from Spaghetti Western through Kung Fu and again it is another amazing experience.