Product Description

UPC:786936715545
DESCRIPTION: Kill Bill: Volume 1, the critically acclaimed film from groundbreaking writer and director Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown), now packs even more of a punch in high definition on Blu-ray disc! Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction), Lucy Liu (Charlie s Angels, Chicago) and Vivica A. Fox (Two Can Play That Game) star in this astonishing, action-packed motion picture about brutal betrayal and an epic vendetta. Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, The Bride (Thurman) emerges from a coma and decides it s time for payback...with a vengeance! Determined to finish the kill-or-be-killed fight she didn t start, she hunts down her former boss, Bill (David Carradine), and the deadly squad of international assassins who perpetrated the bloody attack. END

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #209 in DVD
• Brand: BUENA VISTA HOME VIDEO
• Released on: 2008-09-09
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Chinese
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 111 minutes

Customer Reviews

Not a Great Release, by Blu Standards
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.

STOP REVIEWING ITEMS THAT AIN'T OUT YET!!!
If you want to write a review about the movie only, please do it on the "Theatrical release" product page.

Leave this page to talk about the Blu Ray when it actually comes out, and then review the product as an overall package, aspect ratio, extras, transfer quality, audio, packaging, languages & subtitles, etc.

Most people already know the movie, but even the people who don't know it, don't want to read an essay about its alleged meaning --there are other places for that - IMDB, for example.

So until the BD arrives, please refrain to post any more "reviews" of a product you don't own yet. Hopefully this comment will get pushed down with REAL product reviews when the day comes.

Have a question about this release? Scroll down, you'll find forums to ask and people glad to help you. Want to review the movie and its cultural context and whatnot? Go to IMDB or the Theatrical release here on Amazon. Thanks.

great blu-ray - near demo qulaity
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.