Kill Bill v2 (2004) was the sequel to the enormously successful Kill Bill v1(2003) movie which also starred Uma Thurman as The Bride; David Carradine as Bill, Daryl Hannah as Elle Driver, Lucy Liu as O'Ren-Ishii, Vivica Fox as Copperhead and Michael Madsen as Budd.

Though Kill Bill v1 seemed much more of a traditional swordplay, kung fu action film, Kill Bill v2 seems to combine the traditional swordplay movie with a spaghetti western film, and even a love story. The relationships between the central characters are more evident in this film than in its prequel.

Much like its predecessor, Kill Bill v2 plays homage to the martial arts genre that Tarantino grew up with and adored. He consulted two martial arts Masters for these films - Master Yuen Woo-ping and Master Gordon Liu who plays Pai Mei in the movie. Woo-ping is schooled in the northern style of...