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Written by James M. Tate / 7/08/2025 / No comments / action , body count , daryl hannah , david carradine , exploitation , gordon liu , karate , lucy liu , michael madsen , michael parks , quentin tarantino , revenge , sonny shiba , uma thurman , viveca a. fox , zeroes

QUENTIN TARANTINO'S GENRE-BENDING CLASSIC 'KILL BILL VOL. 1'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYDp3E50wlBDn4akqOXc9Wc-u5QDL0RBg-1s0nU0LTuUE3WsErhMWAgc8kH_kPQyAT-pJMxXgIXo26gT-vAv0CKXSVxjE5lfH-q-ElP5nfMVM_NP57yxS7l0l1ANUFuxWXnQBVoqI0TfuPQ2KZo8tqbUb_fCv4pSfPL_sz6mIqWSjtBxlRBFDO8D5Y94O/s2290/Screen%20Shot%202025-07-08%20at%2010.35.00%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYDp3E50wlBDn4akqOXc9Wc-u5QDL0RBg-1s0nU0LTuUE3WsErhMWAgc8kH_kPQyAT-pJMxXgIXo26gT-vAv0CKXSVxjE5lfH-q-ElP5nfMVM_NP57yxS7l0l1ANUFuxWXnQBVoqI0TfuPQ2KZo8tqbUb_fCv4pSfPL_sz6mIqWSjtBxlRBFDO8D5Y94O/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-07-08%20at%2010.35.00%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uma Thurman in KILL BILL VOL 1 Year: 2003 Rating: ****1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>Quentin Tarantino began with the heist-fallout sleeper-hit RESERVOIR DOGS, and the blaxploitation caper JACKIE BROWN while in-between was his first anything-goes-epic PULP FICTION... and nine years later, it was time to throw it all into the pot once again... And it's even more-of-more this time, with the genre-bending KILL BILL VOL 1, his epic take on Japanese Martial Arts combining fast-paced action with exploitation horror, and kind of a superhero twist...

action, body count, daryl hannah, david carradine, exploitation, gordon liu, karate, lucy liu, michael madsen, michael parks, quentin tarantino, revenge, sonny shiba, uma thurman, viveca a. fox, zeroes

QUENTIN TARANTINO'S GENRE-BENDING CLASSIC 'KILL BILL VOL. 1'

Uma Thurman in KILL BILL VOL 1 Year: 2003 Rating: ****1/2 Quentin Tarantino began with the heist-fallout sleeper-hit RESERVOIR DOGS, and the...

QUENTIN TARANTINO'S SLOWBURN FOLLOWUP 'KILL BILL VOL. 2'

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action, bo svenson, body count, daryl hannah, david carradine, gordon liu, karate, larry bishop, lucy liu, michael madsen, michael parks, quentin tarantino, revenge, sid haig, uma thurman, zeroes

QUENTIN TARANTINO'S SLOWBURN FOLLOWUP 'KILL BILL VOL. 2'

Michael Madsen in Quentin Tarantino's KILL BILL VOL. 2 Year: 2004 Rating: **** The difference of Quentin Tarantino's KILL BILL volum...

MATT DILLON'S KILLER ROLE IN 'THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Year of Capture and Release: 2018</td></tr>
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THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT isn't quite sure when it's good since the good parts don't last long enough, or connect to the movie as a whole, intruded upon by annoying off-screen conversational narration (i.e. colorless commentary) between Matt Dillon and a mysterious, vocally-grating Bruno Ganz... 
 
As a Serial Killer Movie, the most interesting scenes are the deaths, and there are five "situations" in total, warned up front by title cards. But overboard director Lars von Trier throws in so many video clips (Nazis, etc) that in trying to connect with the "ultra violence" on screen, the story and character become secondhand as opposed to second-nature for Matt Dillon's Jack, made up like someone who'd be teased about dressing like "a serial killer" including awkward glasses and uncomfortably looking "nice clothes." In fact, his first victim in Matt's BEAUTIFUL GIRLS co-star Uma Thurman bags on his threads while literally begging to be murdered.

2018, bruno ganz, crime, lars von trier, matt dillon, new, serial killer, thriller, uma thurman

MATT DILLON'S KILLER ROLE IN 'THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT'

Year of Capture and Release: 2018 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT isn't quite sure when it's good since the good parts don't last ...

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