REVIEW: ‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ Is The Definitive Viewing Experience For The Bride’s Epic Revenge Odyssey
- Christopher Mills
- 1 day ago
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Audiences around the world had to view The Bride's (Uma Thurman) epic samurai-kung fu revenge story in two parts, Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2, which originally were released six months apart. Two movies that felt drastically different from each other, and while people always had the chance to play both films back to back, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair offers a definitive viewing experience, as you get to see stories for the first time that Quentin Tarantino never had the opportunity to originally show.
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair was first shown to people at Cannes in 2006, but it has now received a worldwide release, which includes the Production IG anime sequence and Tarantino's "The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge," a short created by Epic Games and The Third Floor in collaboration with Fortnite. It's the complete package that no one has been able to view until now, and it was completely worth the wait. Quentin Tarantino has always stated that Kill Bill was always one movie, so unfortunately, this doesn't count as his tenth and final film, and neither does "The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge," but after viewing Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, it's understandable why Tarantino originally wanted it as one movie.
For those unfamiliar with the story of Kill Bill, it follows a woman called Beatrix Kiddo, aka The Bride, aka Black Mamba, aka many other names, who was once a part of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad run by Bill (David Carradine) but left to have a sweet and private life with her unborn daughter. Her wedding gets interrupted by Bill, with the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad slaughtering everyone at the wedding rehearsal, but unfortunately for them, the Bride survived, and after waking up from a four-year coma, she sets herself on a bloody and violent path of revenge for the death of her unborn daughter.
The most noticeable addition is that the Bride vs Crazy 88 is no longer in black and white, which was originally decided to stop the movie from receiving an NC-17 rating due to its intense and gory violence. Now you can witness it colourised and see the Bride in her iconic yellow biker jumpsuit covered in the blood of the Crazy 88 as she slices them down with her Hattori Hanzo (Sonny Chiba) sword. It's a minor change, but it really brings the intensity of the movie together and brings to life the brutality that Quentin Tarantino originally had in mind for the sequence.
A very major change which was smartly edited for audiences who have never viewed Kill Bill before was the cliffhanger that appears at the end of Kill Bill: Volume 1. That final line is removed from Bill, and instead the reveal is kept for the end of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, making for what easily could be one of the best plot twists in cinema history if that's your first time viewing the movie. It allows fans of Kill Bill to have a whole new experience with the story while also making way for newcomers and allowing the mystery surrounding the Bride's history to linger just a little bit longer.
In addition are two animated sequences, one by Production IG that expands the world and another by Epic Games and The Third Floor, which, truthfully speaking, wouldn't be missed but still remains an interesting addition. The Production IG animated sequence, which is seen for the first time, features the backstory of O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu), and it plays as the Bride tries to wiggle her big toe and before the start of the next chapter, which sees the Bride off to Japan to meet Hattori Hanzo.
This specific backstory might be as gruesome as the entirety of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair gets, and due to it being animated, they can get away with that. It's a backstory that fleshes out the character of O-Ren Ishii and allows for the audience to connect with a character that was originally thought to be heartless and ruthless, and while Lucy Liu very much still remains that with the character, this animated sequence finally gives a reason for why she is the way she is, and it's a tragic and devastating story.
When Quentin Tarantino was first writing Kill Bill, it originally featured a scene that involved Gogo Yubari's (Chiaki Kuriyama) sister coming for revenge after the Bride killed her, and this scene would've taken place in California after Copperhead (Vivica A. Fox) had been killed. It was a scene that was cut because they couldn't afford to do another grand action sequence, and this is evident from the lack of action sequences in Kill Bill: Volume 2, which is a bit more tame compared to its first volume. Tarantino and Uma Thurman have collaborated with Fortnite to bring this lost chapter to life, and unexpectedly, after having its premiere in-game, it also appears at the end of the movie.
It's understandable why it was removed from the original draft, as it doesn't really add much to the Bride's journey and is just yet another inconvenience that feels detached from the overall story, but I think what's interesting from this entire collaboration is seeing how Epic Games can unite with filmmakers to bring to life their movies in ways that they haven't been able to before. It's filled with Fortnite gags but still feels like Kill Bill in nature with Tarantino's direction. However, if you're not a gamer or not too familiar with Fortnite, you might be confused with what's on the screen. Either way, I'd rather have a future of Epic Games providing these opportunities for filmmakers through the use of Fortnite than have certain corporations restrict filmmakers from theatrical use and limit them about what they can do.
Overall, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is the definitive viewing experience for fans of Kill Bill and newcomers alike. It still stands as one of Tarantino's best pieces of work, and getting to view it as he intended honestly feels like an honour. It's slightly reedited to recontextualise cliffhangers and insert them as plot twists that allow audiences to connect with the Bride in the final chapter and understand her feelings in that very moment as we witness an ending that's more emotional than it ever has been before. It's the complete package with blood and guts, an iconic yellow jumpsuit, animated mayhem and a swift 4 hours and a half of pure, sweet revenge.
About Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Premiere Date:Â December 5, 2025
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Production:Â A Band Apart
Distribution:Â Lionsgate
Cast:Â Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Julie Dreyfus, Chiaki Kuriyama, Miyu Ishidate Roberts
