- Film Review
- Reviewed By Alan Jones
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3 out of 5
Long-winded, overly self-indulgent and talky, director Quentin Tarantino's bloated wrap-up of his bloody revenge saga is something of an anticlimax. Detailing how the Bride (Uma Thurman) tracks down Deadly Viper assassins Budd (Michael Madsen) and Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah), before facing Bill (David Carradine) and an unexpected "adversary", it's the same mix as before except less visually dynamic and with a lot more unnecessary exposition. Yet the borrowed style (chiefly from Sergio Leone), music (from Ennio Morricone's spaghetti westerns), characters (kung fu master Pai Mei from the Shaw Brothers' movies), props (Carradine dusts off the instrument he played in The Silent Flute), and all the usual obscure genre references still make this compressed exploitation-cinema history lesson into a buff treat. The martial arts action may pack a less gory punch than Vol 1, but there's still plenty here to shock. One single condensed movie would doubtless have sufficed, but then we wouldn't have had the earlier gem to this minor companion piece.
Plot Summary
The concluding part of Quentin Tarantino's bloody martial arts drama, starring Uma Thurman. The Bride tracks down the remaining members of the Deadly Vipers assassin squad that left her for dead, before finally coming face to face with their infamous leader Bill.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Beatrix Kiddo / The Bride / "Black Mamba" / Mommy
- Uma Thurman
- Bill / "Snake Charmer"
- David Carradine
- Elle Driver / "California Mountain Snake"
- Daryl Hannah
- Budd / "Sidewinder"
- Michael Madsen
- Earl McGraw / Esteban Vihaio
- MIchael Parks
- Johnny Mo / Pai Mei
- Gordon Liu
- Rufus
- Samuel L Jackson
- Tommy Plympton, the Groom
- Chris Nelson
- Reverend Harmony
- Bo Svenson
- BB
- Perla Haney-Jardine
- Karen
- Helen Kim
- Clarita
- Claire Smithies
- Ernie
- Clark Middleton
- Rocket
- Laura Cayouette
- Jay the Bartender
- Sid Haig
- Larry Gomez
- Larry Bishop
Crew
- Director
- Quentin Tarantino
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