Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Published June 11, 2011
Film info
- Title Kill Bill: Vol. 2
- Director Quentin Tarantino
- Year 2004
- Run time 2hrs
- Genres Thriller, Crime, Action
- Tagline Sid Haig, back again for another masterpiece
Having dispensed with former colleagues O-Ren Ishii and Vernita Green in the first volume, The Bride (Uma Thurman) resumes her quest for justice in this second installment of Tarantino's jaw-droppingly violent homage to action films from both East and West. The Bride now has two remaining foes on her 'Death List', Budd (Michael Madsen) and Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah) - before she moves on to her ultimate goal - to kill Bill (David Carradine).
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:45 | A film version of “Previously on…” |
| 3:51 | Why would she wear a wedding dress to a rehearsal? |
| 8:04 | He never promised to be nice. He said he’d try to be sweet. A world of difference. |
| 11:54 | Tommy seems nice. |
| 15:50 | $250 doesn’t seem like much for any kind of sword. |
| 16:24 | Whatever name he said under that bleep, it started with a B. |
| 22:04 | Bouncers have to clean toilets? Or just this bouncer? |
| 23:38 | She’s not wearing the silly yellow suit anymore. That’s good. |
| 26:14 | He shot salt at her! Like, salt and pepper. |
| 29:11 | I’m sure you can get good and bad swords, but surely once they are good, they are all the same? |
| 32:47 | Wiggle worm. |
| 35:05 | This is certainly more disturbing than when they did it in Eastenders. |
| 41:09 | The five point palm heart exploding technique. That sounds awesome. |
| 44:45 | She plays at being younger really well, but she certainly doesn’t look it. |
| 52:18 | That man’s beard is really annoying. |
| 53:51 | I can’t use chopsticks at the best of times, let alone with broken hands. |
| 1:04:40 | He’s very messy. Although he couldn’t really live more alone - out in the middle of the desert and everything. |
| 1:06:08 | Relief or regret? Great question. |
| 1:07:20 | Snake! Should come with a warning. |
| 1:09:37 | But she told him to kill her. |
| 1:11:18 | So that’s her name. What’s the big secret? |
| 1:12:43 | Isn’t there a snake still on the loose? |
| 1:17:08 | Oh no. Eyes should come with a warning too. Awesome revenge though. |
| 1:18:44 | At least she has a better car this time. |
| 1:24:44 | She’s wearing a floaty skirt, that doesn’t seem conducive to fighting. |
| 1:30:16 | He’s talking about a dead goldfish, it’s still fascinating. Although it doesn’t seem like good talk over sandwiches. |
| 1:37:41 | It just so happens to be a full moon, on the beach, good for a sword fight. Go on then, I dare ya. |
| 1:39:49 | How do truth drugs work? |
| 1:52:11 | “I overreacted.” Ha! |
| 1:54:54 | She didn’t have to fight much in the skirt. That’s lucky. Mostly sitting down. |
| 1:56:28 | I wonder if she used that on anyone else before. |
| 2:00:16 | Great credits. I’d forgotten all those people from the first part. |
Conclusions
After watching the first volume, and mostly enjoying it, I was naturally very keen to see the second. Part of me had a bit of a panic that as it had been on the iPlayer, the second part would either not be shown or not be available, but all was well. It appeared and I watched it. Two hours would normally put me off a bit, but I was ill and ready to watch anything.
I liked it. I may have even liked it slightly better than the first one. It was a bit less silly, a bit less bloody, so that the fighting scenes that did occur had more impact. It was also great to understand the story completely, from beginning to end.
Glad I watched it, it’s something I would probably watch again, if only for the awesome direction. Still don’t understand the Ironside reference though.
Rating: 4/5
Rating: 4 / 5