Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) TRAILER REVIEW: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Gordon Liu, Sonny Chiba, Michael Madsen
The trailer begins with a black-and-white video of two sets of feet. Shoutout, Quentin Tarantino.
To your left are leather shoes with black dress pants.
To your right are sandals with a white dress.
You hear The Bride’s (Uma Thurman) narration, “The incident that happened at the Two Pines Wedding Chapel that put this whole glorious story into motion has since become legend.”
It cuts to a black-and-white split video — Bill (David Carradine) to your left and The Bride to your right.
It cuts to 4 assassins outside the chapel: Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah), Vernita Green (Vivica Fox), Budd (Michael Madsen), and O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu). They entered the chapel, and you hear GUNSHOTS and SCREAMS of the guests.
It cuts to The Bride unsheathing her sword.
It cuts to Budd in a desert with a cowboy hat.
“That woman deserves her revenge, and we deserve to die,” What an iconic line from Budd.
It cuts to The Bride driving a top-down, headed to Bill’s hacienda in Mexico.
“I’ve killed a hell of a lot of people to get to this point,” The Bride said. “And I’m gonna…Kill Bill!”
The screen turned black.
When it comes back, you’re inside Bill’s hacienda. “Before this tale of bloody revenge, which is its climax, there’s a few unanswered questions.”
It cuts to outside a Shaolin Temple. You see the Shaolin Master, Pai Mei (Gordon Liu). From my research, Quentin Tarantino wanted 2 masters: Pai Mei (Shaolin/Kung Fu) and Hatori Hanzo (Kenjutsu/Samurai/Katana).
The Bride was quite close to Bill. He even referred her to Shaolin Master, Pai Mei. That’s how she became a badass assassin.
It cuts to The Bride fetching water on her shoulder and bringing it up to the 100-step temple.
It cuts to The Bride and Pai Mei doing drills.
It cuts to The Bride practicing the Bruce Lee one-inch punch on a wooden board. She tried, the wood didn’t break, and Pai Mei hit her with a metal rod on the head.
“Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!” Pai Mei laughs as he flicks up his glorious, long white beard.
TRIVIA: The bald guy from Kill Bill: Vol. 1, the member of Crazy 88, is actor Gordon Liu. He also plays Pai Mei.
It cuts to The Bride talking to Edgar McGraw (James Parks), an older pimp. “He, shot you in the head,” the pimp said.
The Bride smiled and shrugged.
It cuts back to The Bride talking to Bill at his hacienda. “There are consequences to breaking the heart of a killer.”
They never really showed what kind of relationship Bill and The Bride had. Was it love? It’s a pretty large age gap. We don’t know the ages of the characters. But Uma Thurman was in her mid-30s at that time, and David Carradine was almost 70. However, when Bill talks about breaking his heart, The Bride did not react. Maybe there was something between them. Throughout the years, I rationalized in my head why Bill wanted The Bride killed. I figured that she knows too much as an assassin. So when she got out and wanted to get married, Bill had her WHACKED! But maybe it’s deeper than that. Maybe it’s JEALOUSY.
In large yellow text, you read….
Who’s Next On Her List?
Budd
Elle
Bill
There are 3 left. Bill talked to Budd. “She’s coming to kill you,” Bill told him.
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“She cut her way through 88 bodyguards,” Budd said.
It cuts to Budd entering his trailer at night in the desert. But under his trailer, you see The Bride hiding like a ninja.
It cuts to scenes from Kill Bill: Vol. 1 when The Bride fought the Crazy 88.
“Nah, it wasn’t really 88,” Bill told Budd. “They just call themselves the Crazy 88.”
“How come?” Budd asked.
“I don’t know,” Bill said. “I guess they thought it sounded cool.”
What Could Stop The Bride?
Inside Bill’s house, The Bride pointed her gun at someone. But then, she was STUNNED. FLUSTERED. A little girl, about 5, pointed her green toy gun at her.
“Hi, Mommy,” Holy Mother of God! It’s B.B. (Perla Haney-Jardine), The Bride’s daughter.
She’s Alive!
“It all suddenly seems so clear,” Bill said.
The Bride hugged her daughter but STARED at Bill with FURIOUS ANGER in her eyes.
It cuts to The Bride digging a grave. “I was a killer who killed for you. I had to choose. I chose her.”
In a bathroom, The Bride looked at her still small stomach. It’s probably when she first took a pregnancy test. There is a pregnancy test on the bathroom counter.
“She must suffer to her last breath,” Elle Driver said.
The Bride and Elle ran towards each other. Their swords CLASHED.
It cuts to The Bride getting nailed INSIDE a coffin.
It cuts to Budd with a lot of cash in front of him.
It cuts to The Bride and Bill at his dining table. Bill swung his samurai inches away from The Bride’s face. She used her sword to stop herself from falling, and then she spun around and managed to swing her sword towards Bill. Their swords clashed.
It cuts to The Bride and B.B. smiling on the bed.
The trailer ends with Bill, “Baby, you ain’t kidding.”
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