Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004)
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A woman seeking revenge against a group of assassins who betrayed her and her unborn child must hunt down each member of the deadly organization.
The story
In 1999, the Bride, a former member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, is rehearsing her marriage at a chapel in El Paso, Texas. The Deadly Vipers, led by Bill, attack the chapel, shooting everyone. As the Bride lies wounded, she tells Bill he is the father of her unborn child just as he shoots her in the head. The Bride falls into a coma. In the hospital, Elle Driver, one of the Deadly Vipers, prepares to assassinate her via lethal injection. Bill calls Elle and aborts the mission, considering it dishonorable to kill her while she is defenseless. The Bride awakens four years later and is horrified to just discover she is no longer pregnant.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After awakening from a four-year coma, the Bride vows to kill Bill and the other Deadly Vipers. She travels to Okinawa to obtain a sword from the legendary swordsmith Hattori Hanzō. In Tokyo, she defeats the Crazy 88 and assassinates O-Ren Ishii. She later kills Vernita Green in California. After being buried alive by Bill's brother Budd, she uses martial arts techniques to escape and defeats Elle Driver. Finally, the Bride tracks Bill to his home in Mexico. She discovers their daughter, B.B., is alive. After a confrontation where Bill interrogates her with truth serum, they fight. Beatrix Kiddo uses the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique to defeat Bill. He reconciles with her before dying, and she leaves with B.B. to start a new life.
- First release year
- 2004
- Runtime (minutes)
- 253
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Quentin Tarantino
- Writers
- Quentin Tarantino · writer
- Cast and characters
- Uma Thurman · the Bride; Lucy Liu; Vivica A. Fox; Daryl Hannah; Michael Madsen; Sonny Chiba; Julie Dreyfus; Chiaki Kuriyama; Gordon Liu; Michael Parks; David Carradine
- Genres
- martial arts; action; neo-noir; nonlinear narrative
- Themes
- revenge; maternal protection
- Tone and mood
- violent; visceral
- Setting
- El Paso, Texas; Okinawa; Tokyo; Pasadena, California; Barstow, California; and Mexico.
- Premise and plot tags
- vengeance; martial arts; assassination
- Reception
- The film received universal acclaim from critics and a rare A+ rating from audiences.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 95 · scale: 100 · review count: 12
- Production trivia
- The film was originally conceived as a single film but was split into two parts.; The film includes an animated short titled The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge.; The film was released on VOD and Peacock in 2026.
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