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kill bill volume 1 | Year: 2003 Classification: Action/Adventure Directed: - Quentin Tarantino Actors/Actresses: - Uma Thurman - Lucy Liu - Daryl Hannah - David Carradine - Michael Madsen Maiming and decapitation are never fun. Until now... Oh, the joy of being a movie geek. This year has been a tremendous blessing for all of the human race, or just us film fanatics, as the movie gods have listened to all our prayers to deliver cinematic goodness. One of these that came as a major grace is called "Kill Bill: Volume One", the latest offering from the dark, perverted but brilliant mind of Quentin Tarantino. Last seen under the spotlight in 1997 with "Jackie Brown", we have been painfully awaiting his next move throughout a six-year-span. Well, time finally came upon us and the wait is definitely worth it. Appropriately entitled "Kill Bill", Tarantino tells a simple revenge story, albeit through his usual non-linear storytelling structure, about a lanky blonde woman (played by the invigorating Uma Thurman) only known as "The Bride" a.k.a. "Black Mamba" who wakes up from a coma to exact revenge on her former assassin group called "The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad" lead by Bill (David Carradine), who aren't really happy of her decision to quit and marry someone in El Paso, Texas. Hence, bloody carnage ensues as Bill and the gang made of eclectic members-Budd, Vernita Green, Elle Driver and Oren-Ishii-massacres The Bride's family and guests on her wedding day, including her unborn baby. Bill saves her for last and shoots her head (on what could be one of the most startling introductions in a movie). Thinking that she's dead, they leave her cold in her blood-splattered wedding dress, which is a terrible mistake on their part, as The Bride gets up from her hospital bed after four years with furious determination and will to destroy every single one of the perpetrators, saving the best for last, which is, of course, Bill, proving that as far as justice goes, it can easily get very poetic. However, this is only half of the story, as Miramix, the film distributor, and Tarantino himself decided to cut the three-hour long movie in half and released them four months apart. That being said, I am very sure that Volume Two will be as equally brutal and vigorously entertaining to what I've seen four times in the theaters (Yes, four times! It's that good!) "Kill Bill: Volume One" is perhaps the most violent American movie ever (and I've seen a lot of movies). It can be easily be used as an example of how the morals of the Western world have dramatically fallen in the 21st century. But it's most important to know that this movie was made as an ode to those rare, odd, cheesy and absurd kung-fu, Western, exploitation, slasher and grindhouse movies we usually see gathering dust in the cult section of a video store or occasionally seen playing on television at 3 in the morning. Kill Bill: Volume One on the surface looks like a very empty fluff made to only shock the already seemingly desensitized viewers, but underneath, it is really a very intelligent piece of art. Intelligent in a sense that it knows the rules of the cinema: it knows it audiences are and doesn't give a damn thing or The greatest movie ever? If you read these reviews, you'll discover that there are two different reactions one may have to this movie. If one is open-minded, intelligent, and doesn't take oneself too seriously, one will realize that Kill Bill (parts 1 and 2 together) ranks as one of the greatest and most entertaining movies ever made. Every sequence impresses the viewer with its high level of craftsmanship, proving once again that Quentin Tarantino is <BR>easily one of our greatest and most original living directors. There is nothing cheap about this movie, as Tarantino has constructed a rich world where his characters' actions may resonate like those of the characters of Greek Tragedy. It must be said, Kill Bill is a masterpiece, and I wish I had time to ramble on about it all day. Nonetheless, I will say that (with the possible exception of the occasionally over-indulgent dialogue in Part II) the film is absolutely flawless, and I would recommend it strongly to any person who can handle it. Of course, maybe, if you are overly sensitive, greatly disturbed by cinematic violence, or simply afraid to immerse yourself in an exemplary modern fulfillment of Wagner's ideal of gesamtkunstwerk (total artwork), I suppose that possibly, perhaps, this movie is not for you, although to tell you the truth its probably worth seeing anyway just on the rare chance you'll enjoy it, because if you do, you will GREATLY enjoy it. SEE KILL BILL! (PS - don't listen to those one star people, they're stupid and annoying. who the hell lives in "Powderly" Kentuckey anyway?) great movie i loved this film! great STYLE, great action, great story. and very funny. i loved the use of zamfir's famous tune for the samurai scene! it's a delicious homage (or parody?!) of various genres - japanese samurai (esp kurosawa), chinese kung fu, american spaghetti westerns. wonderful. Buy Kill Bill Volume 1 at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  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