“Kill Bill Vol. 1” works in the same way that “Starship Troopers” does in that it is serves as both a satire and a ‘real’ movie. It is so far my favourite film by director/writer Quentin Tarantino (“Pulp Fiction”, “Reservoir Dogs”), who has finally nailed the dialog so it flows flawlessly.

In “Kill Bill Vol. 1”, the ‘Bride’ (Uma Thurman “Batman & Robin”) is seeking revenge after she was left for dead on her wedding day whilst expecting by the Deadly Viper Squad and Bill (David Carradine “Death Race 2000”). It features some of the most incredibly choreographed fight sequences as well as some of the funniest ones too.

Uma Thurman is definitely good as the Bride, a character so tough that she could probably put Rambo and Harry Callahan in the hospital. The character is driven by basic revenge and she is written so that she is both funny like any action movie protagonist should be. She even gets the tracksuit from the Bruce Lee film “Game of Death”. The villains are good and I especially like the one played Lucy Liu (“Charlie’s Angels”). The real credit though has to go to the seemingly endless supply of goons in this film, who lose limb after limb during their encounters with the Bride. I’m also a fan of the animation during a particular sequence that seems straight out of a Japanese cartoon yet also a satire of one with the most over the top gore.

After seeing this masterpiece, I immediately went in search of “Kill Bill Vol. 2” so expect a review of that soon. People always say Tarantino is one of the best directors around and I’ve always felt his films were close to being classics but just missed out but the first “Kill Bill” definitely fits the term. It’s so funny and so darn right incredible that you simply can’t help but fall in love with it from the first frame.