Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2005, UMD)

Kill Bill: Volume 2 picks up at almost the exact point you would expect. Two members of the Deadly Viper Assassin Squad have already met their untimely demise in the name of revenge, and Black Mamba, a.k.a.The Bride, a.k.a. Beatrix Kiddo, played by a very svelte Uma Thurman, is on her way to the final destination: to Kill Bill. Having watched Volume 1 and Volume 2 with only dinner separating the two, I rather enjoyed the near seamless continuation. Seamless as it was, the two volumes definitely have some notable differences. Volume 2 gives a bit more character development than Volume 1 gave,.

The following is an imaginary excerpt from Quentin Tarantino's journal. May 16, 2003 Just returned from the matinee showing of The Matrix: Reloaded. I don't claim to be the keenest eyeball on the fly, but something tells me that trilogy is shot. We need a cliffhanger that people will foam at the mouth for a resolution, and I'm not seeing it there. The Two Towers resolves itself in November, then what will people look forward to? I have got to do something about this. October comes around, here comes Kill Bill: Volume 1. Strategically, it is split into two parts for which the second doesn't...

Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (2004) "I'd rather have a 'Royale with Cheese.'" George Chabot a gold-plated turd. film critic Waynio Tasteless, odorless crud. Sol, Soylent Green You can fool all of the people some of the time Abraham Lincoln Quentin Tarantino is shooting blanks. Unable to come up with an original idea since 1992 s Reservoir Dogs, he has relied on an over-the-top mishmash of derivative action, a comic book story, marginally talented actors, and his own increasingly tiresome genre-blending style. But he has fans - despite the steady decline in quality of each of his succeeding films,...

Here comes The Bride again - and she's not necessarily wearing white. The Bride (Uma Thurman) is out to conclude the movie's stated mission in "Kill Bill Vol. 2," which brings her face to face with the surviving members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. Now that she's awakened from her coma, Bill (David Carradine) has given the DVAS permission to finish the massacre they stated in a small Texas chapel. At the end of "Vol. 1," the audience learns something that The Bride doesn't know. In fact, in "Vol. 2," they also learn the real name of the woman whose DVAS name is Black Mamba....