Flash back to “The Cruel Tutelage” of kung-fu master Pei Mei ( Gordon Liu) who taught The Bride how to break through wood planks with her fists from three inches away (which comes in handy now) and the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart technique (which will come in handy later). Amazingly considering the way she ripped her enemies apart in the first film The Bride doesn’t always get her man in this one Budd ( Michael Madsen) actually gets the best of the Bride–at least temporarily–and entombs her in “The Lonely Grave of Paula Schultz ” one of the most horrifying scenes of burial alive ever. The creatively shot and intelligently constructed opening scenes make Tarantino‘s epic of evil gripping right from the start in its own right. (He appeared in the first film only in voiceover.) You know from the start that this movie isn’t going to rely on the same suspense devices the first film did and you soon learn it doesn’t rely as heavily on the blood and gore that so distinguished the first installment. But most importantly we meet the elusive Bill ( David Carradine) for the first time. First we meet the wedding party the reverend and his wife and Rufus the piano player ( Samuel L.

These shots are cut through with flashbacks that tell the whole story of the “Massacre at Two Pines ” and it’s instant-gratification city. 2 picks up where the first installment left off with The Bride ( Uma Thurman) delivering a “refresh your memory” monologue as she drives to her next victim Budd (aka Sidewinder).

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