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.
If he doesn't take care Tarantino could make something significantly worse.
– Noah Berlatsky,
Chicago Reader,
14 May 2004
rotten:
The pop encyclopedist and video-store genius has become a megalomaniac, and the exhilarating filmmaker he might have been is disappearing fast.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
1 Aug 2004
rotten:
I've lost my sweet tooth for slice-and-dice escapism, and perhaps this is why I feel the need to see movies that don't simply glamorize or fetishize or supernaturalize brutality.
– Peter Rainer,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
7 Aug 2004
fresh:
If Kill Bill - Vol. 1 was like a roundhouse kick to the head, Vol. 2 is practically a warm hug.