Movie Review: Kill Bill, Vol. 1

Whew! Talk about some violence! I really dug this one though. There's a ton of ridiculous, comic book type violence in here (limbs/heads being chopped off, blood spewing all over the place, even an eyeball being ripped out), so if you're up for an entertaining action flick and you can stomach all that stuff, this is a winner. It's not really a dark and gory violence where you're left in suspense and shock and ready to puke (at least not for me)...it's like cool martial arts, Matrix-type stuff but with lots of blood...lots of it. (Or maybe I'm conditioned to all of the violence and it doesn't quite affect me much.) Quentin does a real good job making this film very visually stimulating and interesting, the music to the movie is awesome for keeping the mood, and I'm psyched to watch Vol. 2 later this week (maybe tonight).

And there's a story to this violence too. The movie starts with "the Bride" (Uma Thuman) all bloodied and left for dead at her wedding, and from there, it details her revenge on the people who dealt her punishment. She goes after characters played by Vivica A. Fox and Lucy Liu, so this movie is basically all about chicks who can kick major ass.