Kill Bill, Volume 2 (2004)
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 230
Fresh: 194 | Rotten: 36
Talkier and less action-packed than Vol. 1, Kill Bill Vol. 2, nevertheless delivers the goods for those expecting a satisfying conclusion to this two-parter.
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 47
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 8
Talkier and less action-packed than Vol. 1, Kill Bill Vol. 2, nevertheless delivers the goods for those expecting a satisfying conclusion to this two-parter.
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Quentin Tarantino's sprawling homage to action films of both the East and the West reaches its conclusion in this continuation of 2003's ultra-violent Kill Bill Vol. 1. Having dispatched several of her arch-enemies in the first film, The Bride (Uma Thurman) continues in Kill Bill Vol. 2 on her deadly pursuit of her former partners in the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, who, in a furious assault, attempted to murder her and her unborn child on her wedding day. As The Bride faces off against
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Cast
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Uma Thurman
The Bride -
David Carradine
Bill -
Michael Madsen
Budd -
Daryl Hannah
Elle Driver -
Gordon Liu
Pai Mei -
Michael Parks
Esteban Vihaio -
Perla Haney-Jardine
B.B. -
Helen Kim
Karen -
Claire Smithies
Clarita -
Clark Middleton
Ernie -
Laura Cayouette
Rocket -
Larry Bishop
Larry Gomez -
Sid Haig
Jay the Bartender -
Reda Beebe
Lucky -
Samuel L. Jackson
Rufus -
Chris Nelson
Tommy Plympton -
Caitlin Keats
Janeen -
Jeannie Epper
Mrs. Harmony -
Bo Svenson
Reverend Harmony -
La Tanya Richardson
L.F. O'Boyle -
Shana Stein
Erica -
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All Critics (230) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (206) | Rotten (36) | DVD (45)
If Kill Bill - Vol. 1 was like a roundhouse kick to the head, Vol. 2 is practically a warm hug.
Those turned off by the first part's reckless, relentless violent purges aren't likely to find cause for conversion, but Vol. 2 certainly broadens the tale's remit, even as it aims to deepen it.
Top CriticI've lost my sweet tooth for slice-and-dice escapism, and perhaps this is why I feel the need to see movies that don't simply glamorize or fetishize or supernaturalize brutality.
The pop encyclopedist and video-store genius has become a megalomaniac, and the exhilarating filmmaker he might have been is disappearing fast.
If he doesn't take care Tarantino could make something significantly worse.
A gargantuanly entertaining double feature.
It has its moments, and Thurman is an appealing heroine. But on the whole, this is a disjointed, disappointing and monstrously self-indulgent exercise.
Sequel just as over-the-top explicitly violent.
Although it's a gigantic shame that Miramax split Quentin Tarantino's long awaited 'kung-fu samurai Spaghetti Western love story' epic into two halves, "Kill Bill Vol. 2" pays off in spades...
Quentin Tarantino revels in the art and craft of cinema; so much so he has managed to mine all his favourite genres and make the style the substance.
The film that brings Tarantino's magnum opus full circle emotionally and thematically gets its definitive release--visually, at least.
More talk than action and more back story and explication than the film would have warranted if the mysterious first installment didn't place such a burden on the second.
Full of surprises and cinematic homage.
If Kill Bill is a comeback film, Tarantino's future career prospects look about as good as Mike Tyson's. The Emperor's new clothes are showing.
Though Vol. 2's body count is of necessity smaller than that of its predecessor, the brutality hurts more here, and counts for more.
The Tarantino style has been copied a thousand times over since Pulp Fiction, what Kill Bill: Vol. 2 proves is that he's still the master.
Much like the classic spaghetti Westerns and kung fu flicks, Tarantino paradoxically manages to glorify and condemn the violence of his characters.
Tarantino is killing off his mentors - directors who have passed or should have passed the torch long ago - to pave the future of cinema.
He saved the best for last.
Soulless.
The second movie's action is limited to 2-3 fights, the rest are long conversations and introspection. It is a far bleaker, more serious and dry affair -- but also a more fascinating character study.
Audience Reviews for Kill Bill, Volume 2
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- The Bride: My pussy wagon died on me.
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- The Bride: Are you saying that I'm a superhero?
- Bill: No I'm not saying that you're a superhero but I'm saying that you're a killer, a natural born killer.
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- The Bride: Bitch you don't have a future.
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- Elle Driver: Gargantuan. Such a great word. I rarely get to use it in a sentence.
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- The Bride: I will kill Bill!
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- The Bride: Elle...
- Elle Driver: B?
Discussion Forum
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| Kill Bill reinvented as a live action performance | 4 months ago | 0 |
| Sadistic, adolescent, revenge fantasies. Yay. | 5 months ago | 0 |
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Foreign Titles
- Kill Bill Vol. 2 (DE)
- Kill Bill Volume 2 (UK)
