Review of Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) by David P — 10 Sep 2018
Among the Tarantino films I have watched multiple times, this is my least favourite. Essentially, Tarantino does two things very well. He distills what's most entertaining about genre cinema and takes the best parts and creates odd new mixtures out of the ingredients.
He writes riveting dialogue that lets him use long, dialogue driven scenes to drive his story. He does the first in some amazing ways here ... blending ingredients from spaghetti westerns, martial arts films, horror films and other parts in new and dazzling ways.
He largely fails at the second task, or at least, fails often enough to make this film's long running time very very apparent. There are a lot of scenes in this film don't engage, don't drive the story, and seem to exist mostly to insert actors Tarantino wants into the film (I'm looking at you Larry Bishop).
I have seen this film three times, and every time I see it, I realize I have idea what Uma Thurman and David Carradine talk about during the last 40 minutes. That does not happen with any other of his films.
This review of Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) was written by David P on 10 Sep 2018.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 has generally received very positive reviews.
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