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 | Snake | Wedding Chapel | Female Assassin

Awards:

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

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

Colour:

Black and White | Colour

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:

This movie reveals that 3 of the 6 members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad are not named after any species of Viper. Bill is Snake Charmer. The Black Mamba (appropriately the most dangerous of all land snakes) is of the Elapidae family. Ellie's codename is California Mountain King Snake, a completely non-venomous constrictor, famous for its ability to eat other snakes, particularly rattlesnakes like the Sidewinder (Bud's Codename).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: As Elle calls Budd, you can see her holding a cigarette with her right hand and holding her cell phone with her left. When the camera cuts back to Elle within a second, the positions of the objects she is holding completely switches sides.

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:

Referenced in Meet the Spartans (2008)

Soundtrack:

Il Tramonto (Sundown)

A Tarantino Masterpiece

Over the last 40 years, I've seen a lot of movies. All types. Some great, some good and some mostly inedible; most left my breath with a sour smell. Westerns, sci-fi, comedies, dramas, etc. After seeing Kill Bill Vol I, I assumed that any sequel would pale to its predecessor. I, of course, was premature in my prediction. The movie was, by all means, a classic. I feel Taratino was really trying to make a great movie versus making money for his producers. To build his tasty sandwich, he took the lessons he learned from life as a movie maker and cleverly managed to meld some slices of meat from Sergio Leone (subtly), Akira Kurosawa (very subtly) and, I'm stretching it here, Ridley Scott, to create a great sequel to an excellent first movie. He used some great, almost forgotten actors (Daryl Hannah, Micheal Parks, and David Carradine to create a memorable meal. It was only a sandwich, but what morsel it was. I was full and wanting more. Very rare to find this type of film in our corporate world. He must wield some real power in the movie world. I don't know of anyone who has saw this movie who hasn't given it great feedback. And I know all types of viewers. My wife, who really doesn't like anything that is not overly melancholy or dripping with sentimentality, actually liked the whole movie. That in itself is an endorsement. Well done. Mr. Tarantino, you will be hard placed to match this gem.