Do duologies get any betterthanKill Bill?
Taken together,Kill Bill: Vol.
1andKill Bill: Vol.
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1has a good deal of action anda debatable style-over-substance approachthat actually works, whileVol.
1to be worthy of consideration here.
Her lack of direct participation befits her eventual fate.
Shes not killed, but she is paid to payby The Bride in other (grisly) ways.
Shes alsoclosely associated with O-Ren Ishii, whose scenes are generally amongVol.
1s best(so more on her in a bit).
Also, Sofie Fatale plays a role in the very last scene ofKill Bill: Vol.
9Gogo Yubari
Played by Chiaki Kuriyama
Speaking of all the O-Ren Ishii stuff inVol.
1, the best character associated with The Brides first target (chronologically speaking) is Gogo Yubari.
8Vernita Green
Played by Vivica A.
Still, it is one hell of a scene.
Speaking of her daughter, thats arguably one thread that could be picked up ifKill Bill: Vol.
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3ever came to fruition(not that it needs to… thats just an observation people have made).
1before emerging as a key character inVol.
His scenes sometimes slowVol.
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This sets Elle Driver apart, given she gets one pretty significant scene inVol.
Shesdeliciously evil throughout both volumes ofKill Bill, andher intense/claustrophobic fight with The BrideinVol.
2is even betterthan the somewhat comparable one-on-one showdown between The Bride and Vernita Green at the start ofVol.
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The first, inVol.
But Gordon Liu shines more inVol.
2, where he plays Pai Mei.
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Plus those beard flicks and his laugh are the stuff of legends.
1with whats ultimately a fairly small role.
1similarly to how the sequence with Pai Mei is a highlight ofVol.
A fairly sizable portion ofVol.
2.David Carradines distinctive voice is enough for Bill to make a more than decent impression inVol.
1, and thenVol.
Its largely thanks to the character and Carradine thatKill Bill: Vol.
2remains just as exciting asVol.
1, even while theres not nearly as much action.
All the dialogue-heavy scenes make for a more than fitting substitute for the bloodshed.
Shes been referred to as The Bride until now, but inVol.
As The Bride inVol.
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1, shes an unstoppable and somewhat mysterious killing machine, but then inVol.
2, shes humanized to a greater extent, and the audience finally understands her more as a character.
And Uma Thurman knocks it out of the park on both fronts.
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1, but most of thats relegated toVol.
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