"Kill Bill, Vol. 2," which I saw in a sneak preview last night, is exactly the way you want it to be. It's overtly stylized, violent, interesting and filled with cliffhangers and obscure movie references. It also holds the answers you seek in the story and contains some great dialogue and acting.
Uma Thurman's character of The Bride is given a name and fleshed out so that she becomes more of a human being and less of a single-minded killing machine. Keith Carradine's Bill is given a face, several great speeches and a personality that is both charming and frightening. Daryl Hannah gives a career-best performance, frankly, as the jealous, scary Elle Driver. And Michael Madsen creates Budd as a killer more world-weary than scary. Oh, and Gordon Liu's performance as Pei Mai is very funny.
"Vol. 2" is as good as the first one, which was very good, but "Vol. 2" is great in a completely different way. It has dialogue, emotion and depth. The full weight that the story carries becomes apparent in "Vol. 2," and Carradine and Thurman have some great scenes.
The two halves of "Kill Bill" are so different, in fact, that it's difficult for me to imagine them together.
They're both stand-alone masterpieces.
And I suppose that's about the best compliment I can give this.
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