Kill Bill Volume 2
is the second part of Quentin Tarantino’s female led revenge thriller and was
released six months after its predecessor KillBill Volume 1. The film follows the continuing vengeful rampage of The
Bride (Uma Thurman) who we discover in this film is actually named Beatrix
Kiddo. Her name remained secret in the first movie. Having dispatched of two of
her former assailants in the first film, Kiddo here hunts down the remaining
three; trailer residing, titty bar bouncer Bud (Michael Madsen), one eyed
jealous blonde Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah) and the eponymous Bill (David
Carradine).
The film opens with a Hitchcockian style pre title sequence
in which The Bride is driving to her final destination while giving a brief
outline of the plot so far. This sequence is shot in black and white and uses
rear projection to give it the look of a Hitchcock thriller. Even the title
font and score are Hitchcockian. The remainder of the film is much more
conventional and more settled than the first Kill Bill movie as Tarantino keeps his genre mashing directorial
tricks mostly in his pocket. There are occasional switches to black and white
and one chapter resembles a Hong Kong Kung Fu movie but for the most part the
film is more unadventurous than the first movie. There is much less violence
too with only two onscreen deaths in the entire movie.
