Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Coming Out at 16 April 2004 in theaters.

Action, Crime, Thriller

Kill Bill: Volume 2 is martial arts film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Uma Thurman as the Bride, who continues her campaign of revenge against the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, and Vivica A. Fox) and their leader Bill (David Carradine), who tried to kill her and her unborn child.

Tarantino conceived Kill Bill as a homage to “grindhouse” cinema including martial arts films, samurai cinema, blaxploitation films, and spaghetti westerns. Volume 2 is the second of two Kill Bill films produced simultaneously; the first, Volume 1, was released in 2003. The films were originally set for a single release, but the film, with a runtime of over four hours, was divided in two. Like Volume 1, Volume 2 received positive reviews and was a commercial success.

Four years before the events of Kill Bill: Volume 1, the pregnant Bride and her groom rehearse their wedding. Bill, the Bride’s former lover, the father of her child, and the leader of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, arrives unexpectedly and orders the Deadly Vipers to kill everyone at the wedding. Bill shoots the Bride in the head, but she survives and swears revenge.

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Writers: Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman

Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Parks

Cast:

Vivica A. Fox	…	Vernita Green
Ambrosia Kelley	…	Nikki
Michael Parks	…	Earl McGraw / Esteban Vihaio
James Parks	…	Edgar McGraw
Jonathan Loughran	…	Trucker
Michael Bowen	…	Buck
Kenji Ohba	…	Bald Guy
Yoshiyuki Morishita	…	Tokyo Businessman
Jun Kunimura	…	Boss Tanaka
Goro Daimon	…	Boss Honda
Kazuki Kitamura	…	Boss Koji / Crazy 88
Akaji Maro	…	Boss Ozawah
Shun Sugata	…	Boss Benta
Sachiko Fujii	…	The 5, 6, 7, 8’s
Ronnie Yoshiko Fujiyama	…	The 5, 6, 7, 8’s
Yoshiko Yamaguchi	…	The 5, 6, 7, 8’s
Sakichi Sato	…	Charlie Brown
Tetsuro Shimaguchi	…	Crazy 88
Yoji Tanaka	…	Crazy 88 (as Boba)
So Yamanaka	…	Crazy 88
Issey Takahashi	…	Crazy 88
Juri Manase	…	Crazy 88
Chiaki Kuriyama	…	Gogo
Chia-Hui Liu	…	Johnny / Pai Mei
Yuki Kazamatsuri	…	Proprietor
Lucy Liu	…	O-Ren Ishii
Shin’ichi Chiba	…	Hattori Hanzo
Julie Dreyfus	…	Sofie Fatale
Bo Svenson	…	Reverend Harmony
Jeannie Epper	…	Mrs. Harmony
Stephanie L. Moore	…	Joleen
Shana Stein	…	Erica
Caitlin Keats	…	Janeen
Christopher Allen Nelson	…	Tommy Plympton
Samuel L. Jackson	…	Rufus
Reda Beebe	…	Lucky
Sid Haig	…	Jay
Larry Bishop	…	Larry Gomez
Laura Cayouette	…	Rocket
Clark Middleton	…	Ernie
Michael Madsen	…	Budd
Daryl Hannah	…	Elle Driver
Claire Smithies	…	Clarita
Helen Kim	…	Karen
David Carradine	…	Bill
Perla Haney-Jardine	…	B.B.
Uma Thurman	…	Beatrix Kiddo
Victoria Lucai	…	Trixie
Venessia Valentino	…	1st Grade Teacher
Thea Rose	…	Melanie Harrhouse
William Paul Clark	…	Soda Jerk
Stevo Polyi	…	Tim
Al Manuel Douglas	…	Marty Kitrosser
Patricia Silva	…	Hooker #1
Maria Del Rosario Gutiérrez	…	Hooker #2
Sonia Angelica Padilla Curiel	…	Hooker #3
Veronica Janet Martinez	…	Hooker #4
Lucia Cruz Marroquin	…	Hooker #5
Citlati Guadalupe Bojorquez	…	Hooker #6
Graciela Salazar Mendoza	…	Hooker #7
Maria de Lourdes Lombera	…	Hooker #8
Jorge Silva	…	Bartender / Pimp
Lawrence Bender	…	Hotel Clerk
Tom Hartig	…	My Oh My Club Pool Player
Gary Rodriguez	…	Precision Driver
Quentin Tarantino	…	Director’s Voice (voice)