Kill Bill: Vol. 2

2004 Action/Adventure

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 allies-turned-nemeses Budd (Michael Madsen) and Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah), she flashes back to the day of her deadly wedding, and we learn of how she was recruited to join the DiVAS, her training under unforgiving martial arts master Pai Mei (Liu Chia-hui), and her relationship with Squad leader Bill (David Carradine), which changed from love to violent hatred. Originally planned as a single film, Kill Bill grew into an epic-scale two-part project totaling more than four hours in length; as with the first film, Kill Bill Vol. 2 includes appearances by genre-film icons Sonny Chiba, Michael Parks, Larry Bishop, and Sid Haig; Wu-Tang Clan producer and turntablist RZA and filmmaker and composer Robert Rodriguez both contributed to the musical score. more..

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Gordon Liu

Reviews

  • Few filmmakers love movies as intensely; fewer still have the ability to remind us why we fell for movies in the first place.

    Manohla Dargis - Los Angeles Times

    26 April 2013

  • Put the two parts together, and Tarantino has made a masterful saga that celebrates the martial arts genre while kidding it, loving it, and transcending it.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    26 April 2013

  • There's no denying that when it comes to communicating a certain delirious romanticism of character shaped by thousands of hours spent sitting in the dark, the artist who made this showpiece is a master.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    26 April 2013

  • You'll thrill to the action, savor the tasty dialogue and laugh like bloody hell.

    Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

    26 April 2013

  • Here's an entertainment to warm the heart of anyone who grew up (or failed to) on the formative joys of action movies.

    Joe Morgenstern - The Wall Street Journal

    26 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

    Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2005)

  • Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)

    Amanda Awards, Norway (2004)

     
  • Outstanding Achievment in Choreography - Fight

    American Choreography Awards (2004)

  • Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic

    American Cinema Editors (2005)

     
  • Best Movie of the Decade

    Austin Film Critics Association (2009)