A little backstory on my relationship with the Kill Bill series. I used to study Gung-Fu in my younger days. My interest in the martial arts was pretty high. When The Matrix came out, I felt like this was the movie that I had been waiting for my entire life. While watching Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Donnie Yen movies whet my appetite for incredible fight scenes, The Matrix took it to another level. Then we got Kill Bill.

Kill Bill, like The Matrix, combined a lot of my interests: anime, karate, and the incredible stunt work of Yuen Woo-ping. Watching what Quentin Tarantino did with the genre was fantastic! The film kept your eyes glued to the screen. From the opening scene between Uma Thurman and Vivica A. Fox, you want to know as much as you can about the story. Needless to say, Kill Bill, Vol. 1 was a milestone, and we could not wait for Volume 2 to be released.

Welcome to the Whole Bloody Affair

What is the Whole Bloody Affair? Quentin Tarantino did what directors like George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola did, went back and tinkered with their movies to give the audience their complete vision. We have seen Lucas do that with the Star Wars Trilogy and Coppola do it with The Outsiders. Tarantino combined both movies while tweaking a few things.

For one, he has added 7 extra minutes to the O-Ren Ishi animated features that tell her backstory. We get some great action sequences in the anime that let the viewer know more about O-Ren. Due to the length of the movies, there is an intermission between the two volumes. What is missing from Volume 1 is the cliffhanger ending. Since the movies seamlessly flow together, that piece of exposition is removed. Another change is that the House of Blue Leaves fight is in color. Watching all of the blood spray out of the victims is pretty intense and adds to the brutality of the Bride’s revenge.

Final Thoughts: Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is an incredible way to watch these movies if you have not seen them before. Quentin Tarantino adds a few new moments that help enhance the story. The extended O-Ren Ishii cartoon is top-notch, and I wonder what was not included in the original release. Watching the “House of Blue Leaves” sequence in color is eye-opening and just as fantastic as when it was originally released. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is a must-have!

Violence: The movie has a lot of violence, and it is rated R. There are body parts cut off by brutal swords.

Kid Friendly: As noted above, the movie is very violent. I will leave it to the parents’ discretion if kids can watch it.

Quentin Tarantino’s KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR unites Volume 1 and Volume 2 into a single, unrated epic—presented exactly as he intended, complete with a new, never-before-seen anime sequence. Uma Thurman stars as The Bride, left for dead after her former boss and lover Bill ambushes her wedding rehearsal, shooting her in the head and stealing her unborn child. To exact her vengeance, she must first hunt down the four remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad before confronting Bill himself. With its operatic scope, relentless action, and iconic style, THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR stands as one of cinema’s definitive revenge sagas—rarely shown in its complete form, and now presented with a classic intermission.