Kill Bill: Vol. 2

"The bride is back for the final cut."

2004 2h 16m EN

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The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.

“The bride is back for the final cut.”

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Cast

Uma Thurman
Beatrix Kiddo / The Bride / 'Black Mamba' / Mommy
David Carradine
Bill 'Snake Charmer'
Daryl Hannah
Elle Driver 'California Mountain Snake'
Michael Madsen
Budd 'Sidewinder'
Gordon Liu
Johnny Mo / Pai Mei
Michael Parks
Earl McGraw / Esteban Vihaio
Perla Haney-Jardine
B.B.
Vivica A. Fox
Vernita Green 'Copperhead'

Credits

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Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writers: Quentin Tarantino, Janet Kusnick
Languages: English, Mandarin, Spanish, Cantonese
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.1× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Mandarin, Spanish, Cantonese.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Kill Bill Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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245+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Quentin Tarantino, shot by Robert Richardson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Robert Rodriguez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Sally Menke shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Quentin Tarantino directs. Robert Richardson behind the camera. Robert Rodriguez scores. Sally Menke cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Mandarin, Spanish, Cantonese.

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1Made its money back 5.1× over at the box office.
2Released 22 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Mandarin, Spanish, Cantonese.
4Part of the "Kill Bill Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5245+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Quentin Tarantino, shot by Robert Richardson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Robert Rodriguez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Sally Menke shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Uma Thurman and David Carradine and Daryl Hannah carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "The bride is back for the final cut.".
11IMDB entry: tt0378194 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1215,528 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
13Classified under 20 themes, including "daughter", "martial arts", "kung fu", "showdown".
14Released under 25 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Original score: Robert Rodriguez
Editing: Sally Menke
Production design: Yohei Taneda
Costume design: Kumiko Ogawa
Makeup / hair: Heba Thorisdottir
VFX supervisor: Frankie Chung Chi-Hang
Sound: Dino DiMuro
Stunt coordinator: Keith Adams
Runtime: 136 min · 2h 16m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $152,159,461
Return: 507% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes: 84% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 83/100
IMDB rating: 8/10 · 869,309 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

23 wins & 84 nominations total

Part of

Kill Bill Collection

The Kill Bill Collection is a series of thrilling revenge dramas directed by Quentin Tarantino. Inspired by Hong Kong martial arts movies, Japanese samurai films, and Italian spaghetti westerns, these movies are characterized by their stylized violence, pop culture references, and extensive use of popular music. Featuring Uma Thurman in the iconic role of The Bride, the Kill Bill films have become cult classics that continue to captivate audiences worldwide.

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Wuchak2018-07-19
★ 7/10
Tarantino's amusing super-assassin bizarro world RELEASED IN 2004 and written/directed by Quentin Tarantino, "Kill Bill Vol. 2" completes the story of 2003's "Vol. 1" and fills in the holes. Former assassin, The Bride (Uma Thurmon), seeks vengeance after the murder of her fiancé & friends at a wedding rehearsal in El Paso. She takes on formidable thugs Budd (Michael Madsen) and Elle (Daryl Hannah) to finally get to ringleader Bill (David Carradine). Gordon Liu plays master martial artist Pai Mei while Michael Parks is on hand as Esteban Vihaio. This part of the duology is more dialogue-driven than "Vol. 1,” fleshing-out the characters and answering many questions. Such as: How is The Bride such an unconquerable fighter? How did Elle lose her right eye? Why did Bill conduct the wedding massacre? How does Budd spend his retirement? The problem is that the characters are all cartoony caricatures, and merciless assassins to boot. It's impossible to give criminal scum "more depth," at least as far as caring for them goes. Let 'em all kill each other for all I care. Moreover, the story is too shallow to warrant such epic treatment and would've been more effective if both films were condensed into a 2.5 hour flick, cutting out the fat. Still, the movie's so offbeat that it's entertaining in the manner of 1996's "Mojave Moon," but better. It's an interesting combo of spaghetti Westerns, 70's martial arts flicks, Bond-isms and all-around Tarantino quirkiness. But suggesting that the "Kill Bill" flicks are cinematic masterpieces of auteurism is overdoing it. Take, for instance, the ridiculous closing credits, which run well over 12 minutes: The plot and characters are unworthy of such pretentious veneration. If you want masterworks by Tarantino, see “Django Unchained” (2012) and “Pulp Fiction” (1994); or even “Inglourious Basterds” (2009) and “Jackie Brown” (1997). Still, the movie's strangely amusing, the cast is good (especially Carradine) and Bill's Superman analysis is insightful. The Bride’s training with Pai Mei is arguably the best bit. THE MOVIE RUNS 137 minutes and was shot in Southern California; Beijing, China; and Mexico. GRADE: B/B- (6.5/10)
CinemaSerf2022-10-22
★ 7/10
This is so much better than volume one. The "Bride" (Uma Thurman) is continuing her quest to avenge herself on the killer of her fiancée and unborn child, but unlike with the first outing we do not face more endless ensemble fight scenes. This is much more focussed and individual. Her encounter with "Sidewinder" (Michael Madsen) tests her mettle - and her panic control in a frighteningly claustrophobic manner - before the eyepatch sporting Daryl Hannah ("Elle") offers probably her finest on-screen performance as together they manage to demolish a motor home using samurai swords and their body weight. We learn more about how she learned her ninja skills under the guise of the curmudgeonly swordsmith and master of all things cerebral "Hattori Hanzo" (Sonny Chiba) and all of this builds up to a quirky denouement with her nemesis - the eponymous "Bill" (David Carradine) who reminded me throughout of his days as "Grasshopper" in "Kung Fu". It flies along, this film, with bags of one-to-one action, humour, a decent soundtrack and some interesting historical and cultural undertones that help ground the film more effectively. In my view it is easily the best role Thurman has had to play, and this second outing gives her far more scope to shine as an actor. The writing isn't great - especially towards the end, but that doesn't matter as the escapades, action and strong characters more than compensate for that. My favourite Tarantino film - easily.