CULT DVD Review

Kill Bill Vol. 1

Overall: 76%

Feature: 99%

Extras: 30%

Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

So is it a full on feminist action flick or just the director’s wet dream? Either or it’s amazing. Quentin Tarantino’s swan-song to some of his favourite genres follows the tale of the Bride (Uma Thurman) taking revenge on the group of assassins who made a failed attempt on her life on the day of her wedding.

Kill Bill: Volume 1

It’s a bright, colourful hodgepodge of samurai movies, manga and spaghetti western. Stylish to the extreme and with a powerful performance from the lead actress who runs the entire gauntlet of emotions and is one hell of a force to be reckoned with. The rest of the ladies in support are perfect and fully deserving of their cult following. Tarantino makes a great little story of backstabbing assassins that is fully rounded and pure pulp. It’s a director just having fun making movies and lucky for us it’s a very enjoyable watch. He never hides the fact that he is winking to his audience and it’s all done with a wicked tongue-in-cheek style.

It’s the director at his very best even though at times it feels like he is stealing from practically every film he’s ever seen. Brilliant.

Uma Thurman

EXTRAS:

The Making of Kill Bill:

A good making of documentary that covers a lot of topics but would have benefitted from being longer seeing it’s the only main feature on the disc.

The 5,6,7,8’s Perform:

The funky female group that Tarantino made stars of perform a couple of songs that appear in the film.

Teaser Trailer:

This is more of a teaser of the entire series. There is a scene of a black guy swinging a sword around that isn’t in either film so it’s a shame that we don’t get any deleted scenes on the disc.

Bootleg Trailer

Kill Bill Vol. 2 Teaser

A rather disappointing disc for one hell of a movie. An instant cult classic that has cemented Tarantino's reputation as a pop icon genius.

Stewart McLaren

FEATURE: 99%

EXTRAS: 30%

OVERALL: 76%

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