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.
Tarantino completes the Bride’s (Uma Thurman) trail of violent revenge to its promised conclusion with plenty of eye-candy panache to spare.
Characters are fleshed out much better in Vol.2 with David Carradine (as Bill), Michael Madsen (as Budd), and Daryl Hannah (as Elle AKA California Mountain Snake) burning up the screen in scenes that brim with suspense, surprise, and witty dialogue.
Snappy soup spoons spinning on slick sticks.
Crack, pop, swoosh.
With his signature use of impeccably hip music, Tarantino delivers a tasty movie made up choice references to various genres of “grindhouse” films.
“Kill Bill Vol. 2” is a movie-lover’s movie through and through.
Eat it up babies.
Clean your plate.
Rated R. 138 mins.
