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Release Date: 13 April, 2004 Retail Price: $19.99 OUR Price: $14.99 You SAVE: $5.00! Cast: Complete Cast (15 total) |
Kill Bill - Vol. 1 Reviews
The Bride Word Black updated
I haven't seen anyone point out the obvious inspiration of this film. Obvious to me I guess, because I don't know martial arts movies too well. The Jeanne Moreau film from the sixties, a group of men kill her husband-to-be at the wedding ceremony, and she hunts them down one by one, for the rest of the movie, first enslaving them, and then killing them.
This one is "updated" in that it's not the husband, it's the whole bridal party that "gets it", including the bride really, and especially her "unborn child", a girl (how did she know??)..
But she rises from the dead as it were...and goes to re-establish Justice...not acknowledging that it is "justice" that destroys the inner child of every one of us.
A great thought-provoking film. I could talk for days but will spare you...it's "religious" to me...and killing bill is about the same as nailing the Law to the Cross. But the same guy says he came to fulfill it, not destroy it. My favorite part was how the nasty fight with Vivica stops when her beautiful little daughter shows up...please, we mustn't be our horrible killing selves in front of the children...and yet it always works out, that THERE THEY ARE, at the Moment of Truth...and down the same path they go...
Revenge is oh so sweet!
`Kill Bill' has received a lot of praise and love from fans and critics alike, but up until this week I had yet to watch it. Now, after watching both volumes I can attest to the fact that these films really are that good. It's refreshing to see something we've never seen before be done so well, so expertly crafted so it feels like the film you've been waiting for. It's a perfect example of a revenge story gone terribly...right. Tarantino wrote and of course directed a masterpiece here, mixing all the great aspects of kung-fu films and westerns as well as anima and comic books giving us a brilliant script coupled with acting worthy of Oscarbait wrapped in a beautiful package and delivered to you DVD player.
This tale tells the story of The Bride (Thurman), a former assassin who was brutally attacked during her wedding rehearsal by her former colleges. The attack resulted in the murder of her closest friends and her husband to be, as well as her unborn child. What it failed to do was take the life of the main target, and upon awakening from her four year coma she's out for revenge.
Thurman does a brilliant job taking what could have been pure camp and creating a memorable character in the history of movie cinema. As The Bride tracks down her former friends and picks them off one by one we see her grow stronger with anger and determination as she works towards her goal to `Kill Bill'. Sporting great supporting roles by Vivica A. Fox and Lucy Liu as two former assassin's that meet their end at the hands of a woman scorned. The film itself is filmed brilliantly with over the top action (the violence being so unrealistic it's almost funny...and that my friends is half the fun) that makes for an exciting ride that all will enjoy.
Quentin has cemented himself as one of the most genius directors we have today, not afraid to make a statement, to bend the rules and test our tolerance. He is a moviemaker above all others who always serves up the best plate on the table.
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