Kill Bill - Volume One [Blu-ray] | ![Kill Bill - Volume One [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Me3pKuHaL._SL500_.jpg)
| Actors: Uma Thurman, Sonny Chiba, Samuel L. Jackson, Gordon Liu, Michael Madsen
Studio: Miramax Films
Category: DVD
List Price: $34.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 159
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Japanese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 111 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 05233700
UPC: 786936715545
EAN: 0786936715545
ASIN: B001BJ690Y
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 great blu-ray - near demo qulaity May 28, 2009
Blue Subie (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
PQ and AQ is fantastic; great detail in practically every scene, while the DTS audio shows everything we missed from the DVD of the movie. check the AVS forums and blu-ray.com for comparisons.
Wondering if you should buy? November 23, 2008
S. Luu
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
YES!!! If you like this movie, BUY IT! The picture and audio quality are SUPERB.
 Not a Great Release, by Blu Standards November 11, 2008
A. Dent (Minas Anor, GD)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
I want to make it VERY clear, the three stars are NOT for the movie. Kill Bill, in my view, is one of the best movies ever made but this evaluation is for THIS Kill Bill Blu-ray release.
I am totally sold on Blu and, when the Kill Bill bundle became available... well... I ordered it when Amazon offered it at a great discount. The bundle includes Kill Bill 1 and 2 and, IF you wish to upgrade your KBs I highly recommend the bundle because you could save a few dollars. There is no difference between the 2 KBs sold as individual titles and them sold together other than, possibly, the price.
I wish I had a lot to say about the Blu-ray version but I don't so, let me say what is worth saying:
- The contents of the Blu-ray version are EXACTLY those of the DVD edition, nothing more, nothing less.
- Even the artwork is borrowed from the original DVD edition.
- The 'extras' are shot in low resolution, in fact they are the exact extras you will find on the DVD.
- The resolution of the movie is, of course, higher than the DVD's and the audio is available as 'uncompressed' but nothing special was done for the Blu issue. I noticed quite a few artifacts and some graininess but, overall, the picture quality is good. It could have been a lot better. I expect a remastered edition in the near future.
Overall, I am not very happy with this edition which appears to have been put together on the cheap and in a hurry. I suspect that the digital master used to make the DVDs was quickly converted to Blu and thrown out on the market but I could be wrong.
I am looking forward to a complete and professionally done Tarantino filmography on Blu in the near future, meaning that I'd be buying the Kill Bills three times.
On deciding whether to buy this release or not it should be up to one's budget. Those who don't have the DVD edition but have a Blu player, definitely buy the Blu, preferably the bundle because one never knows when a superior version may be released. If you already have the DVD... like I said, I bought my KB 1&2 package when Amazon offered it at a very significant discount.
One of the Best QT films. October 23, 2008
Nix Cadavre (Michigan, USA)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Strike what I said in the title. This IS the best Quentin Tarentino film. This is the film he left his Blockbuster Video career behind to make. This is better than Pulp Fiction, by far. Every character is engaging, and the story is layered well, and laid out in the best possible way.
My only complaint with this Blu-ray Disc release is that they didn't take the opportunity to give us Region 1 folks the uncensored version of the Bride's fight with the Crazy 88s. In the Japanese version, this scene is in color. In America, they made it black & white to cut down the gore level to R-rating standards. You'd think that Blu-ray would be the ultimate version, especially this long after the movie's initial release, but NOPE. It's the same version you'll get on DVD; Just better looking.
It's still amazing, though. Get both volumes and make an evening of it.
You lose. October 6, 2008
Denzel Lockheart (Edmonton, Canada)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
KB1 and 2 are PERFECT. But this review is for Kill Bill 1.
Plot: The Bridr is a woman who is getting married. On her wedding day, she gets a bullet put in her head by a partner in her assassin squad named Bill. She goes into a 4 year coma and when she wakes up, she is not ready to make nice. She has a hit list, which consists of the DVAS (Deadly Viper Assassination squad). She goes to Japan, gets Hattori Hanzo sword, and is ready to begin the slicing and dicing.
This is an AWESOME movie. Great Cast (Sonny Chiba? AWESOME!!!!), and great music. Uma Thurman is brilliant in her role as The Bride. She can play The Bride like nobody else can. I was also surprised to see Chiaki Kuriyama as GoGo, the sexy, schoolgirl-dressed Crazy 88 who is also strong in her performance.
And not to mention the blood and gore. Over the top, yet in a good way. Whenever a limb gets amputated, blood sprays out in an over the top fashion. Love it! And this is a great film overall, so see it!
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