Last night, I saw Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill Vol. 2″ with a friend, as I was informed that my wife was banning it from her personal viewing after seeing the first one. That being said, I think she would have actually enjoyed the second film.
Those of you looking for a bloodbath of a film will be a little disappointed. Those of you who were looking for more storyline and less mayhem will be pleased. And those of you who just want to finish the series - you’ll be happy too. The story continues where the first volume left off. Uma Thurman’s “Bride” character is still on the hunt for David Carradine’s “Bill” character. As you can see on “Death List Five” here at the official movie site, she has Bill’s brother, Budd (Michael Madsen) and the Daryl Hannah character, “Elle” left to take care of. In my opinion, Daryl Hannah makes a great impression in this film. Her character is pretty slick, she has some great dialogue, and she plays this hitmistress very well. I’d expect to see more of her on the bigscreen in the coming years.
While there’s a little less blood in this film, there is no lack of action. You can see Elle and the Bride (whose name you learn, btw) go at it in a fantastic battle that leaves you curious, the background of the training Bill’s crew went through is shown, and it’s all wound together in a fantastic bit of foreshadowing and memory sequences. I’ve heard rumor that a third installment is due for this series, but hope that it just sticks where it is.
The best part of this movie was that I think you could actually have seen it without seeing the first flick and gotten along just fine. Two thumbs up from me.
