Genre: Drama, Martial Arts, Murder, Black Comedy, Revenge, Femme Fatale, Ninjas, Anime, Tragedy, Gangsters, Gore, Epic, Cult Classic, Prostitution
Tagline: In the year 2003, Uma Thurman will kill Bill
Plot: Quentin Tarantino returns to the director's chair with KILL BILL after a six-year hiatus. The movie proves once again that he is a hyperactive visionary and the master of cinematic coolness. Split into two volumes by Miramax in order to ensure that Tarantino's vision would not be compromised (and presumably to sell more tickets), KILL BILL: VOL. 1 tells the first half of the sprawling story, which is quite simple at first glance. A female assassin, referred to as "The Bride" (Uma Thurman), is attacked on her wedding day. Dead are her soon-to-be husband and unborn child. However, she doesn't die. Four years later, she wakes up from a coma looking for revenge. Although her ultimate target is her former boss, Bill (David Carradine), it's quite clear that The Bride is saving the best for last. And before she can track him down, she must methodically take out the minions who ruined her life. VOLUME 1's targets include Vernita Green/Copperhead (Vivica A. Fox), Sofie Fatale (Julie Dreyfus), and the heartless O-Ren Ishii/Cottonmouth (Lucy Liu). Using a blessed sword handmade by Hattori Hanzo (Sonny Chiba), The Bride begins her relentless assault.Turning up the style and energy levels that he kept under a threshold with 1997's JACKIE BROWN, Tarantino's obvious glee and reverence for
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 Finally, here's "the 4th film by Quentin Tarantino," as labeled by Miramax. Only it isn't really. It's actually the first half of Tarantino's blood-soaked tribute to grindhouse cinema, but slashing the three-hour globetrotting revenge saga into two volumes pays dividends.  --Robert Sims (Hollywood.com)
WITH its relentless bloodshed and scrambled, inconclusive narrative, Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited fourth feature, ''Kill Bill: Vol. 1,'' is certain to provoke both awe and revulsion. The film's detractors and its fans are likely to agree, however, that the movie, a densely referential pastiche of B-movie attitudes and situations, is above all an exercise in style.--A.O. Scott (The New York Times)
Quentin Tarantino supposedly loves movies. So why is this ultraviolent, style-crazed revenge fantasy so empty?--Stephanie Zacharek (Salon)
"Kill Bill," which includes a wonderful anime sequence, a nerve-wracking escape from the patch-eyed Elle Driver, aka California Mountain Snake (Daryl Hannah), and endless other delights, is entertainment on a compulsively spectacular scale. Sure, it's brilliance for brilliance's sake, but who's complaining?--Desson Howe (Washington Post)
Stylish, bloody and extremely violent, this is Tarantino’s ode to his Inner Geek – some of the scenes are genuinely repulsive and it lacks the trademark snappy dialogue but delivers fantastic fight scenes, a cool soundtrack and a dizzying array of cinematic tricks.  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
I want my ending right now! Yellowstone's ready to blow. The Universe is in trouble. There's a very likely chance that none of us will ever know if Uma Thurman kills Bill or not. It just doesn't make sense for us to wait.  --B. Alan Orange (MovieWeb)
To put it simply, Kill Bill is one gargantuan means for Quentin Tarantino to shamelessly show off. This is just about as much fun as it gets watching people get their heads lopped off with Samurai swords. This is a work of art.  --Joshua Bertram (MovieWeb)
Brutal, bloody and beautiful, this film represents a crowning achievement in a distinguished career- blending the best of martial arts cinema with the finest of dramatic coolness.  --Derek May (MovieWeb)
This careful balance between subtle character work, graceful choreography, brutal confrontation and highly-caricatured violence is what makes Kill Bill so enjoyable to both hardcore fanatics and passive viewers alike. --Christopher Monfette (MovieWeb)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 is the real deal, folks. It's bold and daring, funny and gory and a reminder that you don't always have to follow the rules of filmmaking if you know how to break them as brilliantly as Tarantino does. --Brian Gallagher (MovieWeb)
Combining the balletic choreography of Hong Kong chop-socky with the operatic bombast of a spaghetti western, Tarantino elevates the B-movie to A-grade pop art - ripping off other people's films with inimitable style. -- (BBC Films)
It should be noted that "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" is incredibly violent, among the most violent films I've ever seen, but it's highly stylized and takes place mostly in a synthetic movie world.--Jeffrey M. Anderson (San Francisco Examiner)
The film was crafted in different chapters, and each reflects the characteristics of these different genres filtered through the highly unique sensibilities of Tarantino's avant-garde style.--Paul Clinton (CNN Showbiz)
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Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Batman & Robin |
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Uma Thurman
Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Batman & Robin |
| Lucy Liu
Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Chicago, Charlie's Angels |
 | Vivica A. Fox
Independence Day, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Batman & Robin |
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2, A Feast at Midnight, The Making of 'Kill Bill' |
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RZA
Blade: Trinity, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Soul Plane |
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| A dazzling combination of action and visuals that will delight some and frustrate others who are looking for more depth. B- --Gareth Von Kallenbach (Lee's Movie Info)
"Kill Bill: Volume 1" is indeed an homage, but it is also a display of focused, stylized filmmaking -- as singular in its purpose as The Bride is in hers. It’s an absolute treat, a trip. A---Jennifer Alpeche (Lee's Movie Info)
May very well go down as one of the coolest films ever made. A---Lee Tistaert (Lee's Movie Info)
It's writer-director Tarantino's love of genre flicks and his will to cram in a little of everything that gets you through the rough spots of this uneven revenge fantasy - grandly billed as his "fourth film" after an absence of six years. ...There's a lot to admire in "Kill Bill," and a lot that should have been lopped off like the arms and legs and scalps that go flying.  --Jami Bernard (New York Daily News)
Quentin Tarantino is a genius, and this is his masterwork. Exuberant, inventive, kinetic, violent and fun, it grabs your attention right from the beginning and never lets go. Quite possibly the reason cinema was invented. 10/10--Anton Bitel (Movie Gazette)
"Kill Bill Vol. 1" - which draws inspiration not only from old Japanese, Chinese and Italian action flicks but Francois Truffaut's "The Bride Wore Black" and TV shows like "Ironside" - is an overstuffed menu from a master chef who's trying way too hard to please himself.  --Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
Quentin Tarantino’s fourth film, Kill Bill, reminds us why we, as a collective moviegoing society, wish he’d work more often than he does. --Sean O'Connell and Jeremiah Kipp (FilmCritic.com)
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