Kill Bill Volume 2

We were SO looking forward to this one! Who wasn't!? Ever since Kill Bill we've been in that cliffhanging suspense mode - what happens next? What happened before? Why did the massacre at the wedding chapel take place? Is there a baby? Who else gets killed? What happened to that amazing sword? And does anyone ever Kill Bill??

Well folks, all questions get answered, in this - the most satisfying and fascinating 'sequel' ever made. It's not really a sequel - Volume 2 was filmed at the same time as the first part, and it was all meant to be one long movie, which makes perfect sense - it fits together that way. But it ended up too long, so why not just get paid twice for everyone to come back and see the second half?

Robert and I saw this one and we were amazed at how long it actually is - like 2.5 hours or more, but the mark of a great movie - it didn't seem long at all. We were engrossed, we were loving each scene - the time flew by.
David Carradine (best known from Kung Fu days on tv, and a host of lesser, and I mean lesser, movies) easily has the role and performance of a career in this movie. As does Darryl Hannah (Splash) - another face we don't see very often at all. These two just got a huge career jump start compliments of Quentin Tarentino.

Uma (Pulp Fiction) is wonderful, as always. She goes through a lot in these two movies. The casting was so amazingly done - it's hard to single out roles. Michael Madsen is just great as Bill's brother. Chia Hui Liu plays Pai Mei, a kung fu master that we adored watching.

Michael Parks (originally from Then Came Bronson) has a double role - one character in the first movie and another in the second. See if you can pick him out. He does such a tremendous job with each character - you will not even know it's him.

The bottom line is we're martial arts movie fans - and Robert used to love to watch the really old martial arts movies in LA, in theaters full of Chinese fans where he was the only non-Asia in the room. Quentin Tarantino must have been hiding out in those same theaters because he's a huge fan of that genre. We love his combination of the old school martial arts, the hip music, the mesmerizing scenes, the amazing characters that each have depth and a life of their own.

In Kill Bill Volume 2 there is much less blood than the first one. Much more story line. It is no less fascinating, and it touches on many levels.

This movie is fun, exciting, satisfying, intriguing, and original. It's a keeper - one you could sit through several times and enjoy each time.

We gave it a 5! A great movie!

Pueblo Tinseltown was the theater. Fresh popcorn and lots of it!