As enjoyable as I found the film--and indeed it is a great film, in my opinion--it's been largely overrated. If Tarantino (whose justified reputation preceded him) hadn't done this, and it had been some debut feature with lack of funding to advertise, people wouldn't be making such a fuss over a messy bloodbath and a slow, dialogue-filled sequel.

Out of interest, who here has seen Shogun Assassin, the film featured in Kill Bill Volume 2? It's awful.

Mick