The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.
- Awards
- 23 wins & 84 nominations
- Nikki
- (as Ambrosia Kelly)
- Tokyo Businessman
- (as Yoshijuki Morishita)
- Boss Honda
- (as Goro Daimon)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaQuentin Tarantino originally intended to only have Pai Mei's lips speaking Cantonese, while his voice would be in English, imitating a bad dub job. Tarantino was going to provide the voice himself. In the end, Tarantino abandoned this idea, and Pai Mei (Chia-Hui Liu) speaks in his own voice.
- GoofsWhen Beatrix is on the patio, after being "shot" by her daughter, she is sitting on the ground hugging her, the sword on her back disappears and reappears numerous times between shots.
- Quotes
Bill: Pai Mei taught you the five point palm-exploding heart technique?
The Bride: Of course he did.
Bill: Why didn't you tell me?
The Bride: I don't know... because I'm a bad person.
Bill: No. You're not a bad person. You're a terrific person. You're my favorite person, but every once in a while, you can be a real cunt.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits there is an outtake with Uma Thurman.
- Alternate versionsHong Kong version differs very slightly from the US version. The only difference is that some alternate shots were used in the scene where Beatrix drives to Esteban and the scene where she finally goes to him in the village.
- ConnectionsEdited into Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006)
- SoundtracksAbout Her
Written by Malcolm McLaren (as M. McLaren), W.C. Handy, Rod Argent
Performed by Malcolm McLaren
Courtesy of Malcolm McLaren
Contains samples of "She's Not There"
Written by Rod Argent
Published by Marquis Music Co. Ltd.
Performed by The Zombies
Licensed courtesy of Marquis Enterprises Limited
and of "St. Louis Blues"
Written by W.C. Handy (as William C. Handy)
Published by Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc., New York
Administered by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
On behalf of Francis Day & Hunter
Performed by Bessie Smith
Original recording from the film "St. Louis Blues" in 1929
Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Vol.2 picks up pretty much where Vol.1 left, except for some flashbacks explaining what really happened with the characters. Uma Thurman is back as The Bride, and we get to know her real name finally. Also Daryl Hannah comes back as Elle Driver, the one-eyed killer, Michael Madsen plays Budd, Bill's baby/loser brother, and the infamous Bill is played by David Carradine. The performances are just great, Uma Thurman delivers a great performance as The Bride, we finally get to know her character a little better and the true reasons why she wants to "Kill Bill". I also have to say that David Carradine was perfect to play Bill. He has great charisma and he's so smooth, it's impossible not to like him. Daryl Hannah's performance was great too, and Michael Madsen's too.
Once again the music plays a key factor in this movie, is very well selected and for every single scene the music fits perfectly. And of course, the dialogue. In this movie, we get a lot more dialogue than brutal fighting like in Vol.1, this movie is more centered in explaining what led Bill to do what he did, it pretty much focuses in the past, explaining the whole thing. I especially liked the dialogues between Bill (Carradine) and The Bride (Thurman), I thought they were clever and just great, like all Tarantino's dialogues. Also the locations were excelent, I have no idea where they shot the film, but the landscaping was great, I truly enjoyed it.
Well it would be better to see Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 as one movie, not different, because in the end, you must see them together to understand. So I give this movie a 10/10, I loved it, it was great, great dialogues, great performances, great fighting sequences, everything was great! And I think that Uma Thurman and/or David Carradine (at least him) should be nominated for an Oscar, they were perfect and they deserve that international film makers acknowledge that. Tarantino you are the best!!!
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $66,208,183
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $25,600,000
- Apr 18, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $154,118,514
- Runtime2 hours 17 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1