Kill Bill Vol 1 is a visual treat

Kill Bill Vol 1

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Cast: Uma Thurman, Daryl Hannah, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, David Carradine, Sonny Chiba, Julie Dreyfus

Cert: 18.

An episodic treat from the long-lost Tarantino; so welcome back!

KBV1 is a visual treat - though there is so much blood to be seen that red becomes the primary colour - in which Thurman plays The Bride-Black Mamba, an enthusiastic angel of vengence who survives a massacre and sets out to avenge the slaughter by tracking down the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, led by Carradine.

The lady, brilliantly portrayed by Thurman, is as nasty a piece of work as her prey and some of the ladies she gathers around her and not the sort your Aunt Maud would care to have tea and buns with.

They are all wonderful characters and draw from a fine cast some terrific performances (loved Liu), in what is a stylish film packed with incident and action and played at a furious pace.

Indeed, style is everything in what is a quirky film from the master - back to his best - of the quirky. It is the sort of film that requires your undivided attention but the effort is well worth it; revenge was never sweeter.

Star Rating: 5/5