The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad consists of five most deadly killers, led by Bill. There is O’Ren-Ishii as Cottonmouth, Elle Driver as California Mountain Snake, Vernita Green as Copperhead, Budd as Sidewinder. And there is The Bride, whose name is not spoken, who wanted to quit because she was pregnant. One day, somewhere in the Texas desert, The Bride wanted to marry the love of her life. Then Bill and her former colleagues showed up and killed everyone there. But they did not do a good enough job: The Bride survives, barely, and is in a coma for four years. Her colleagues know this but won’t kill her in her sleep, it would just ruin the reputation. One day, The Bride awakens. For her, not a second has consciously passed, and after she realizes all the things that have happened, The Bride decides to take revenge. Bloody revenge. On each single one of those who betrayed her. First on her death list is Cottonmouth, who has become the yakuza boss of Tokyo, Japan, second in line is Copperhead, who chose a more decent life as well. The Bride sets out to take back what was once hers: Her life.
Let’s get the positives out of the way… The action scenes are a violent bloodbath, as I said it’s over the top, but, it’s very competently filmed and choreographed, which is something most action movies are missing nowadays. Uma Thurman gives a really good performance, I like her character and she is convincing in the action scenes as this revenge seeking badass. The music choices for this movie are yet again great, just like in Pulp fiction.
I’m not going to spoil anything, but there was one scene in a hospital that bothered me and I just wished it was cut out of the movie entirely. It wouldn’t really change the story at all, honestly. My second biggest issue are the performances from pretty much anybody else in this movie. Their characters weren’t interesting either.
Overall, this is a entertaining action movie where you actually care a lot about the protagonist. And if you like revenge-driven plots, you’re going to enjoy this movie. I’m giving it 8/10*
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Written by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen
Runtime: 111 minutes
