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Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) -- The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle.
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) -- The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle.
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Overview

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Director:
Quentin Tarantino
Writers:
Quentin Tarantino (character The Bride) &
Uma Thurman (character The Bride) ...
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Release Date:
16 April 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Thriller more
Tagline:
Revenge is a dish best served cold. more
Plot:
The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 38 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(75 articles)
Uma Thurman Confirms Talks with Tarantino about Kill Bill 3
 (From ReelzChannel. 16 October 2009, 3:48 AM, PDT)

Tarantino Prepares To Kill Bill Again
 (From WENN. 4 October 2009, 7:21 AM, PDT)

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Master and student should not reverse roles more (866 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Kill Bill (USA) (closing credits title)
Kill Bill Part 2 (USA) (informal title)
Vol. 2 (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and brief drug use.
Runtime:
136 min
Country:
USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Barstow, California, USA more
Company:
Miramax Films more

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Trivia:
Elle says, "Now, you should listen to this, 'cause this concerns you." Samuel L. Jackson says the same line in Jackie Brown (1997). more
Goofs:
Boom mic visible: When Budd is confronted by his boss Larry, the boom mic is reflected in Larry's sunglasses. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Bill: Do you find me sadistic? You know, Kiddo, I'd like to believe that you're aware enough even now to know that there's nothing sadistic in my actions. At this moment, this is me at my most masochistic.
The Bride: Bill, it's your baby.
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Movie Connections:
References Il mercenario (1968) more
Soundtrack:
The Chase more

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What happened to Elle?
Why is Budd angry at Bill?
What type of flute does Bill play?
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8 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Master and student should not reverse roles, 26 June 2006
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Author: (winner55) from United States

Kill Bill I was a delightful surprise, living up to its hype as Tarantino's comic-tinged homage to Chinese and Japanese action-genre films. I could easily imagine all the old directors from Toei Studios having a blast watching Tarantino's final sword-fight scene, a loving imitation of all their samurai reincarnation or Shogun's Ninja films. Then Tarantino had to go and release this pap and spoil everything.

There are two principle problems with this film. First, Tarantino decided he didn't want to do genre any more. KBII is a "serious" film, about such weighty topics as guilt and redemption and love and death and all those other philosophical topics Woody Allen used to poke fun at before he decided to become a "serious" filmmaker, too.

Well, maybe Tarantino could have pulled that off - he didn't do so bad in Pulp Fiction - but he makes what for me is one of those mistakes a film fan can not forgive another film fan for making: he trivializes his predecessors.

Although this film has a large chunk at the beginning paying tribute to the old Shaw Bros. studio (which the first film promised but never got around to), the principle references in this reference-laden film are to the films of Sam Peckinpah and Sergio Leone. And unfortunately, in deciding to make a "serious" film, in order to deal with these references, Tarantino decides that Peckinpah and Leone made typical genre films (i.e., not "serious" films), and that therefore it was up to a better director (himself) to make a "serious" film from their raw materials.

Well, here's the news, Quentin. The Wild Bunch is the American version of Homer's Iliad, and all you've managed to come up with is a Hallmark greeting card that doesn't rhyme. Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West is the Cistine Chapel of a modern Michaelangelo, and all you've given us here is a color-by-numbers Norman Rockwell copy.

What in the name of heaven could Tarantino have been thinking of by trying to "out-serious" directors we know perfectly well he admires?What we get here are cartoon versions of moments from Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and Once Upon a Time in the West. And that stolen Ennio Morricone music! sure it worked in KBI, because that was homage to Asian genre films and Asian genre films did that sort of thing all the time; but if you're going to get serious, it's time to get original; and, for heaven's sake, Morricone is still alive, I'm sure he'd have been glad to write a new score.

Finally, I should mention an obvious influence on this film that Tarantino would probably not want mentioned - the films of the Coen Brothers. Although they started earlier than Tarantino, they are still technically of the same generation as he. I'm not talking plagiarism - the Coens have done their share of "homaging" with and without credit to the originals. But Tarantino can't afford to try to "out-serious' filmmakers still making films. Especially since the Coens know how to do an homage with respect.

What Tarantino ends up with here is a bunch of scenes that keep banging into each other like box-cars on a (slowly) derailing train. Better it wasn't made. Skip it.

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