Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writers:

Quentin Tarantino (character The Bride) &
Uma Thurman (character The Bride) ...

Release Date:

16 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Plot:

The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle.

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Death | Female Assassin | Wedding Chapel | Hattori Hanzo

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 38 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 23

9:00 PM

SPIKETV

Cast

Uma Thurman	...	Beatrix Kiddo - The Bride, 'Black Mamba'
David Carradine	...	Bill - 'Snake Charmer'
Lucy Liu	...	O-Ren Ishii (archive footage)
Vivica A. Fox	...	Vernita Green (archive footage)
Chia Hui Liu	...	Pai Mei (as Gordon Liu)
Michael Madsen	...	Budd - 'Sidewinder'
Daryl Hannah	...	Elle Driver
Michael Parks	...	Esteban Vihaio
Bo Svenson	...	Reverend Harmony
Jeannie Epper	...	Mrs. Harmony
Stephanie L. Moore	...	Joleen
Shana Stein	...	Erica
Caitlin Keats	...	Janeen
Christopher Allen Nelson	...	Tommy Plympton (as Chris Nelson)
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Rufus

Also Known As:

Kill Bill (USA) (closing credits title)
Kill Bill Part 2 (USA) (informal title)
Vol. 2 (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and brief drug use.

Runtime:

136 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Cantonese | Mandarin | Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Taiwan:R-12 | Malaysia:18SG (re-rating) | Iceland:16 | Hungary:18 | USA:R (certificate #40699) | USA:NC-17 (Special Edition DVD) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Israel:16 | Italy:T | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-13 | Poland:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | South Africa:16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Barstow, California, USA

Company:

Miramax Films

Trivia:

Was the first Oscar DVD to arrive in Academy mailboxes in 2004.

Goofs:

Continuity: Although we believe the many continuity errors to be either deliberate or, at least, left in as a matter of stylistic choice, you might be interested to know about some of them: - When the Bride is trying to escape from the grave, she damages her right hand, which bleeds. When she goes into the coffee shop, her hand is fine. - Bill wipes away some of the blood that's on his face - in the next shot it is gone completely. - Budd's boss scribbles a continuous line through the roster, but in the next shot the scribble is disjointed. - In final scene between the Bride and Bill, the Bride has shoulder length hair. The next morning, her hair is much longer. - During the final conversation between Bill and Bea the label on Bill's bottle keeps rotating between shots. - When Bill hands BB her sandwich, the cutting board is clear of the cut crusts. In the next shot, he cleans the cutting board clear of the crusts to continue making another sandwich. - When Budd kicks the Bride's sword away outside his trailer, it sticks into the side of the garbage can. When it cuts back the sword is on the ground. Cut again, the sword is back in the can. Then you hear Budd pick it up off the ground as he's talking to Elle. - When The Bride enters Bud's trailer her jacket is zipped up. After he shoots her and she's lying on the ground, it's open. - Before the Bride is put into the coffin, her legs are tied with a long piece of skin. In the coffin, they are tied with a belt. - When fighting in Budd's trailer, The Bride sticks Elle's head in his toilet. Later in the fight, you can see the toilet with lid closed and porn mags stacked on it which is quickly followed by a shot with the lid up again when Elle is thrashing around blind. - In final conversation between Bill and Bea at the patio table, the cork bottle top continually changes position between shots. - When Bea is getting ready to sit down on Bill's circular couch in his living room, the wide shot reveals her about to sit down with a red pillow behind her. In the following medium shot, the pillow has moved to her left. - Bill cuts three crusts off BB's sandwich. In the next shot all four crusts are cut off. - When Bea is underground punching a hole in the coffin, there are no knots visible to us on the first punch she gives, though after the first punch, 2 knots are appear. - When Mei Pei shoves the bowl with rice at the Bride, it stops at the edge of the table. In the next shot it is much closer to the middle of the table. - The Band-Aid Elle Driver is wearing on the middle finger of her right hand disappears and then reappears several times during the scene in Budd's trailer home. - When Elle is fighting the Bride, in the beginning, the Bride cuts Elle's face with a TV antenna. But later in the fight, when they both have samurai swords, the cuts not there. - When Bill poses as Arlene's father, he has his hand on the Bride's left shoulder. His hand subsequently disappears and reappears between shots. - In the final chapter where the Bride goes to Mexico for her final showdown with Bill, we see her driving in a convertible with a new, much shorter and blonder haircut. All of the subsequent events show her with the shorter blonder 'do, but then in the final scene (the next morning) where she is with BB in the hotel room, her hair is long and dirty blonde again. - When Budd is talking to Elle in his trailer he rests his right foot on the suitcase of money. In the next shot it's his left foot then back to the right foot again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Bill: Do you find me sadistic? You know, Kiddo, I'd like to believe that you're aware enough even now to know that there's nothing sadistic in my actions. At this moment, this is me at my most masochistic.
The Bride: Bill, it's your baby.

Movie Connections:

References Rolling Thunder (1977)

Soundtrack:

Can't Hardly Stand It

Different Yes, Bad, No

This movie is completely different from the first. Unlike the first with fast paced action and extreme entertainingly super-stylish gore, Kill Bill vol. 2 is everything that was missing in th first.

The Bride's revenge is burning strong and we can see it in her eyes. We discover the truth behind the wedding massacre and all questions from the 1st movie are answered. We discover why the Bride is the deadliest woman in the world. We discover why Elle is missing an eye. We discover who Bill really is. We discover the Brides name. And finally we discover the truth of the secret revealed at the end of Vol. 1.

Her first target is Budd. The loser bum ex-deadly assassin living in a trailer in the middle of nowhere. The short confrontation ends with one of the most terrifyingly claustrophobia-inducing (sp?) scenes ever...specially if you watch it in the dark. Then we are taken to the journey of how the Bride became the deadliest person in the world. We see the story between her and her hard-hitting very mean master Pai-Mei.

After a while there is the confrontation with Elle Driver...the Battle of the Blonde Gargantuants...as Uma Thurman referred to it in an interview. This one fight scene is almost as exciting as watching the Bride battling off tons of the Crazy 88s from Vol. 1.

Then the battle we were all waiting for. For Uma Thurman to Kill Bill...well I won't spoil it for you. Basically vol. 1 was 95% style 5% substance while vol. 2 is 95% substance 5% style. Very emotional and touching movie with a few key gore scenes...definitely a must see...