Kill Bill (Vol. 2)

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After the exhilarating bloodbath that was Volume One, The Bride’s roaring rampage of revenge reaches its inevitable conclusion in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Volume 2.
Where the first instalment focused on The Bride and her superhuman capacity for swordplay, Volume 2 is a more intimate affair. Full of the rich Tarantino dialogue that we know and love, this is more Leone than Bruce Lee, more spaghetti than snowblood. The sand-blasted cast squint into the desert sun, despatching their wisdom before each showdown to a suitably Morricone-esque theme. Indeed, the performances here are richer and more complex – Uma Thurman's Bride may be the most formidable and complete hero since Sigourney Weaver's Ripley. Volume Two sees jealousies, loves and relationships revealed, and with them the full extent of Tarantino's vision. If Volume One was brilliant but flawed, the second part confirms Kill Bill as a unique epic fable.

Steve Turner on 1st July 2004

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The eagerly-awaited second volume of Tarantino's delirious homage to the revenge exploitationer packs a characteristically visceral punch. Switching tone from the balletic martial arts action of the first instalment, Volume Two sees a return to more familiar Tarantino territory: eye-catching cameos, infectiously offbeat monologues and pulse-racing violence abounds.

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DVD Extras

• Deleted scene
• 'The Making Of Kill Bill - Volume 2' featurette
• Chingon performance from the Volume 2

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Cast

Uma Thurman, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, David Carradine

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