It is also pitifully thin, morally repulsive, and boring as hell. Yes, yes, yes: It is stylishly conceived and lavishly photographed it has a clever, wicked soundtrack it contains more movie references than a semester of film school. Ever since Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino has been trying to live down to his reputation as the enfant terrible of American cinema, and with Kill Bill he has finally succeeded. Kill Bill, then, is less a movie than a dare, and like most dares its outcome is unfortunate.

If that weren't enough to ensure its notoriety, the vast majority of that violence is performed by officially hot actresses Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, and Vivica A. Originally conceived as a single film but split into two 'volumes' due to its length ( Volume 2 opens in theaters on Friday), Kill Bill is, by most accounts, the most violent film ever released by a major studio. And while it's not the most controversial film ever (nor even of the past twelve months), that was clearly the director's aspiration. You could call it Reservoir Bitches.' It took more than a decade, but with Kill Bill Volume 1 (out on video this week), Quentin Tarantino finally made his Reservoir Bitches. It would be the most controversial film ever. In an interview following the release of Reservoir Dogs in 1992, Tim Roth ventured that 'I honestly think you could take the same script but reshoot it with women and it would work.

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