Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1153 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-01-05
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 242 minutes

Synopsis
Two features. In KILL BILL VOL.1 the Bride was once part of a group of top female assassins called the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. When she realises that she's pregnant she decides to leave, assume a new identity and get married. This does not sit well with Bill, her former boss. On her wedding day, he along with the other members of the group attacks the wedding party leaving them for dead. Plus KILL BILL VOL.2.

Customer Reviews

Kill Bill - No 8 - All Time List 2008
Kill Bill was the first Tarantino movie that was release in my time - I'm happy I got to see it when it came out as well - this film is no second rate copycat film in homage to kung fu cinema - it adds so much more.
The Bride (Uma Thurman) is seeking revenge on Bill and his assassination squad for trying to kill `The Bride' on her wedding day, and placing her into a coma for four years.
What makes this film so great (to me Volume 1 + 2 is one film split in half) is that for the first 90 mins we get 100% adrenaline, action that is pure grin inducing. The Crazy 88 scenes (even better on the Japanese uncut DVD release) are out of this world - its ultra violence at its height and also cinematic art that you don't get to see very often.
Never before has bombastic killing been so much fun.
Then in Volume 2 it all gets moderately tame in comparison, we get the beginning and the end of the story, finding out what made the bride, how she came to be getting married etc. All the dialogue that is missing from Volume 1. Now let it not be said that there isn't any style in volume 2, there is, but it's nothing like Volume 2 - in my opinion they complement each other totally and by the end of the film and the Bride v Bill finale you are completely satisfied with the movie. Yes Volume one is better, but better where `better' refers to fun only - without the summation on Volume 2 you would say Kill Bill is all style and no substance - thankfully it is both. Fans of Tarantino, action / kung fu need look no further - this is three hours of popcorn heaven.

As for the DVD's - well basic at best - there is supposedly a deluxe set in the pipeline, but it's been in that pipe for 30 months already so I'm not holding out too much hope but extended scenes and one complete cut would be awesome. For now check out Volume one on the Japanese cut and Volume two on the UK release.

She's gonna kill Bill
"Kill Bill" was either a disaster-in-the-making or a one of a kind hit -- a sprawling revenge flick that had to be cut in two and released separately. But director Quentin Tarantino finally gets to show the world his epic salute to homages -- both halves together.

Tragedy strikes the Bride (Uma Thurman) on her wedding day: The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (DiVAS) attacks and slaughters the guests, the groom, and wounds the very pregnant Bride herself. Her former boss/lover Bill (David Carradine) finishes the bloodbath by shooting the Bride in the head. But despite his efforts, she isn't dead.

A few years later, the Bride wakes to find that she has been in a coma for a few years, and has been being used as a sex toy for rent. After recovering enough to move, the Bride gets a sword sharp enough to "cut God," and goes on a revenge spree against the people who wrecked her life and killed her baby, including Cottonmouth (Vivica A. Fox) and the deadly O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu).

In part one of "Kill Bill," the Bride continues working her way up the list until she gets to Bill himself, with the intent of getting revenge. But a monkey wrench is thrown into the Bride's revenge plans when she learns the truth about her baby and whether it died, and her conflict with Bill...

Don't expect cinematic posturing. "Kill Bill" is cinematic pop art, a loving tribute to cheesy martial-arts flicks and westerns. It's pure homage, untainted by typical directing methods and immensely entertaining if you switch off your critical faculties, refrain from asking "How the heck could that happen?"

It also isn't for the weak of stomach; over 450 gallons of fake blood are used in both movies. But the blood usage is more "Monty Python" than "Braveheart"; it's so over-the-top that it's gloriously sick rather than disturbing. So is the violence -- hacking dozens of people down without getting so much as a scrape is impossible, but it's sure fun to watch.

But though the first half is a stylized revengefest, it's not all gore, gouged eyes and severed limbs. The second half of the full movie is more character and dialogue-driven, in between gory killings, and explores the pasts of the DIVAS. Additionally, Tarantino throws some brilliant one-liners like "Those of you lucky enough to have your lives take them with you. However, leave the limbs you've lost. They belong to me now."

Uma Thurman, with her yellow tracksuit and katana, rules the screen as the Bride (name revealed in the second half, but she'll ALWAYS be the Bride). She cuts down people by the dozen, but it's impossible not to appreciate her. And the best supporting performances come from Liu as the ruthless O-Ren, the underrated Chiaki Kuriyama as an evil schoolgirl, and most importantly, Carradine as the quiet, ruthless Bill -- a primo performance.

It's weird, it's creepy, it's brilliant, and somehow it's vastly entertaining. Tarantino's special triumph in "Kill Bill" is to somehow rope his vast store of movie homages into a gory, action-packed storyline, and one that is one big bloody thrill.

Vol 1 the Questions. Vol 2 the Answers !!!!
Quentin Tarantino after having a six year break has finally brought his style back to motion picture, and boy was it worth it.

After a Four year coma, The Bride seeks revenge on the people who did this to her. And who killed her baby, husband and friends. But its not as easy as that.

As what you expect from a QT film, it does have many flashbacks of The Brides past and beforehand etc. If you like the TV show LOST than youll know what to expect.

I cant really say which volume is better because in a way its one film. However its a brilliant film that keeps you tense right to tye last scene.