Kill Bill Vol.2 by Quentin Tarantino, 2004, Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Liu
Kill Bill is the fourth film by writer-director Quentin Tarantino. Originally conceived as one film, it was released in two separate volumes (in Fall 2003 and Spring 2004) due to its running time of approximately four hours. The movie is an epic-length revenge drama, with homages to earlier film genres, such as Hong Kong martial arts movies and Italian Spaghetti Westerns; an extensive use of popular music and pop culture references; and deliberately over-the-top violence.
A few minutes before the events that open the first volume, Bill (Carradine) tracks down The Bride and her friends as they are gathered for her wedding rehearsal. He is polite and mild-mannered, and even consents to being introduced to the groom as her father. She takes her place at the altar as the other four Deadly Vipers arrive at the chapel, weapons in tow, to kill everyone at the rehearsal.
In the present, Bill ventures to the California desert to talk to his brother Budd, aka "Sidewinder" (Madsen), another former Deadly Viper. Bill warns him that The Bride will come for him next. Budd, now overweight and alcoholic, has put his assassin days behind him, lives in a trailer and works as a bouncer at a local strip club and has lost his former respect to his new boss.
The Bride arrives at Budd's trailer that night to take his life. Anticipating her entry, Budd shoots her in the chest with rock salt the moment she opens his door, then injects her with a sedative. Budd calls Driver and offers to sell her The Bride's Hanzo sword for one million dollars. The Bride is buried alive by Budd.
As she lies in her grave, The Bride remembers her early training in China, when Bill took her to the temple of legendary martial arts master Pai Mei (an intentionally classic example of the elderly martial arts master stock character). He uses cruelty as a tool for discipline and obedience. Although he "hates Caucasians, despises Americans and has nothing but contempt for women", he takes The Bride in. Her training was extremely rigorous, and she endured many hardships, but she became a formidable warrior under his tutelage. In the present, The Bride calls on Pai Mei's training to break out of the coffin and claw her way up to freedom.
The Bride arrives back at Budd's to see Elle Driver, aka "California Mountain Snake," pulling up in her Pontiac Trans Am. Elle hands Budd a suitcase containing his money, which contains a hidden black mamba, the deadly snake that gives rise to The Bride's codename. The snake bites Budd in the face, and Elle explains that she felt more regret over relief because The Bride was killed by a miserable scrub like him when she deserved better. Elle calls Bill and says his brother was killed by The Bride, who now lies in the grave of a Paula Schultz, as it is the final resting place of Beatrix Kiddo - revealing for the first time The Bride's real name (previously, several people had called her "Kiddo", although this could have been interpreted as simply a pet name). Beatrix attacks her as Elle prepares to leave. As they fight, Elle reveals why Pai Mei snatched out her right eye, and that she killed him for it. Beatrix plucks out Elle's remaining eye and departs, leaving the blinded Elle in the trailer with the same black mamba that killed Budd. Elle's fate is left unknown.
Beatrix travels to Mexico and visits Esteban Vihaio (Parks), an old pimp who raised Bill from childhood. He forthrightly tells her Bill's whereabouts, explaining to an incredulous Beatrix that Bill would have wanted him to. When she finally finds Bill, she is shocked to find that B.B., her four-year-old daughter, is alive and apparently expecting her mother's return. The family spends the evening together peacefully, and B.B. falls asleep watching the chambara film Shogun Assassin in her mother's arms.
With B.B. safely in bed, Beatrix confronts Bill. Bill immobilizes her and shoots her with a dart filled with self-made truth serum; Beatrix is forced to reveal that when she decided upon becoming pregnant that she had to put her unborn daughter's future above Bill. Bill calls into question if she will truly save her daughter's future by taking her away from and killing Bill.
Bill draws his sword and attacks Beatrix. She disables Bill using the fatal Five-Point-Palm Exploding Heart Technique, taught to her without Bill's or the audience's knowledge by Pai Mei. Bill, defeated, says a tender goodbye, and walks unsteadily away, collapses after five steps, and dies in silence. Beatrix sheds a few tears at the death of her lover, and returns to the house to collect her daughter. As the movie ends, the two ride off to start their new life together. Wikipedia
