| Kill Bill, Volume 2 (2004)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Uma Thurman |
The Bride - Beatrix Kiddo - 'Black Mamba'
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| David Carradine |
Bill - 'Snake Charmer'
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| Lucy Liu |
O-Ren Ishii - 'Cottonmouth' (archive footage)
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| Vivica A. Fox |
Vernita Green - 'Copperhead' (archive footage)
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| Chia Hui Liu |
Pai Mei (as Gordon Liu)
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| Michael Madsen |
Budd - 'Sidewinder'
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| Daryl Hannah |
Elle Driver - 'California Mountain Snake'
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| Michael Parks |
Esteban Vihaio
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| Bo Svenson |
Reverend Harmony
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| Jeannie Epper |
Mrs. Harmony
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| Plot |
| "The Bride" (Uma Thurman) gets her satisfaction--and so do we--in Quentin Tarantino's "roaring rampage of revenge", Kill Bill, Vol. 2. Where Vol. 1 was a hyper-kinetic tribute to the Asian chop-socky grindhouse flicks that have been thoroughly cross-referenced in Tarantino's film-loving brain, Vol. 2--not a sequel, but Part Two of a breathtakingly cinematic epic--is Tarantino's contemporary martial-arts Western, fuelled by iconic images, music and themes lifted from any source that Tarantino holds dear, from the action-packed cheapies of William Witney (one of several filmmakers Tarantino gratefully honours in the closing credits) to the spaghetti epics of Sergio Leone. Tarantino doesn't copy so much as elevate the genres he loves, and the entirety of Kill Bill is clearly the product of a singular artistic vision, even as it careens from one influence to another. Violence erupts with dynamic impact, but unlike Vol. 1, this slower grand finale revels in Tarantino's trademark dialogue and loopy longueurs, reviving the career of David Carradine (who plays Bill for what he is: a snake charmer), and giving Thurman's Bride an outlet for maternal love and well-earned happiness. Has any actress endured so much for the sake of a unique collaboration? As the credits remind us, "The Bride" was jointly created by "Q&U", and she's become an unforgettable heroine in a pair of delirious movie-movies (Vol. 3 awaits, some 15 years hence) that Tarantino fans will study and love for decades to come. --Jeff Shannon |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Crime; Drama; Thriller |
| Director |
Quentin Tarantino |
| Producer |
Lawrence Bender |
| Writer |
Quentin Tarantino; Uma Thurman |
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| Country |
UK
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
18 and over |
| Running Time |
136 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
2004 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
140 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
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Dudley |
| Loan Date |
29/07/2005 |
| Due Date |
19/08/2005 |
| Overdue |
Yes |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 2 |
| Release Date |
16/08/2004 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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