The Kill Bill films were originally meant to be one long, 4-hour film, but those pesky Weinstein Brothers saw the commercial viability in cutting it in half and releasing it in two, so released Kill Bill Vol. 1 in late 2003 and then Vol. 2 in Spring 2004. Both films were well recieved and very good, albeit in different ways: Volume 1 is more of a throwback to old kung fu/martial arts/exploitation films, while Volume 2 is more typical Tarantino, with a greater focus on dialogue and less so on action. This is a great box-set that's not too hot on extras, and it does essentially just lump the two normal DVDs into one box, but these are great films and well worth ...  Read the complete review

Kill Bill 1 and 2 are two halves of the same story, although they have the feel of being completely separate films because they're so different in both style and pace. Kill Bill 1 focuses on a woman known only as "The Bride" (Uma Thurman)and her quest to track down and punish (kill) the five people responsible for putting her in a coma and killing her unborn child. In usual Tarantino style the film jumps backwards and forwards in time and you have to try to piece together the order of things, but this isn't difficult to do. This story centres on her hunt for the first two members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, which The Bride was ...  Read the complete review

Ok so my title might not be very inspired but it's the title track of the film which I thought was fantastic and a clue to what the film's are about... After hearing so much about Kill Bill, Tarantino's fourth film, over the last couple of years, I caved and bought myself this 2 DVD box set from Amazon thinking I'd at least enjoy it somewhat and maybe even want to watch it again in the future. WHAT ARE THE FILMS ABOUT? Basically the 2 films are about "The Bride", a professional assassin, who wakes up in hospital after a 4 year coma and goes on a killing spree. She's determined to kill the 4 people she believes are ...  Read the complete review