In volume one an assassin called the Bride is shot down, with child, by her employer, Bill and the other members of his assassin circle The Deadly Viper Squad, at her wedding. Everyone at the wedding is shot as well, and Bride receives a bullet to the head, that keeps her in a coma for five years. Emerging from the tranquil state, the Bride wakes up pissed off, soon setting out to seek revenge on her former master and his deadly squad of assassins. In chapter one she killed O-Ren Ishi and Vernita Green as well as the entire Crazy 88 gang in a bloody rampage of revenge that took her all the way around the world to Osaka, Japan. Now continuing the story line where it left off her revenge has brought her back to El Paso, Texas the unfortunate place where she was shot down to look for Budd, Bill’s brother and the next target on her list. If she is successful Elle Drive will be next and if all works out finally Bill himself. But as revealed in Volume one things may not be as simple as she hopes as it appears that her daughter might still be alive, unbeknownst to her and Bill may be able to use this as one last bargaining chip to stop her as she seems to be hell bent and unstoppable as Budd so eloquently puts it she deserves her revenge and they deserve to die.

When watching Quentin Tarantino movies I just get his love for films and the cinema. I also have that same love for movies, and I also have a tendency to like somewhat cheesy films as well. I thinks that why I love Tarantino’s films so much, they show a love of cinema and have no shame from borrowing from multiple sources. Half the humor with Pai Mei is only gotten if you have seen a lot of old samurai films as the character is a true tribute to these movies. Quentin Tarantino has obviously been to the video store numerous times and he gives us a movie masterpiece constructed from some of his obvious favorite types of movies. Kill Bill Volume 2 is vastly different in my opinion than Volume 1 as it more of the story and less of the action. Keeping true to the fact the Tarantino doesn’t like to follow a linear timeline we get to see a lot of the back story that we missed in the first installment and see Bill and The Bride’s relationship and even discover her true name. That’s not to say there isn’t action it’s just more toned down this time as the film is wrapped up to a satisfying ending. All the pieces are set in place and we are led on a ride more of drama than thrill this time. While different than Volume 1 that is not to say its inferior, in fact it might be more satisfying because all the blood spilled now has more reasoning. I loved the movie, maybe even more than the first one as together the movies are a masterpiece of modern filmmaking borrowing from movies of the past.
5 stars out of 5