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Kill Bill, Volume 2 (2004) +
One of the opening scenes of the movie takes us back to the chapel massacre at the blood splattered Bride's wedding rehearsal. Unseen in the first film, we get our first look at Bill, who seems cordial but is seething over The Bride's betrayal. The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad shows up and guns down everyone in attendance. (Remember the Sheriff's son mentioning that they even shot the organ player? He's played in a fun cameo by Samuel L. "Jules" Jackson) Fast forward- Bill drives out to the desert to warn his brother, Budd, that The Bride (Black Mamba) is coming for him. He explains that she has already dispatched Vernita Green (Copperhead) and O-Ren Ishii (Cottonmouth) as well as O-Ren's Crazy 88. Budd sets a trap and seemingly puts an end to The Bride's roaring rampage of revenge. In flashback, we see The Bride's training under the cruel tutelage of master Pai Mei. (incidentally the same actor, Gordon Liu, who played the leader of the Crazy 88's, Johnny Mo, this time plays master Pai Mei) Back in the present, Budd meets his end and The Bride has a excellent brawl with her nemesis among the DiVAS, and Bill's new lover, Elle Driver (California Mountain Snake). After that it's time for the final name on her list and a surprise reunion with the daughter she thought she'd lost.
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