In Okinawa, The Bride acquires a legendary bladed weapon from the last of the world’s great samurai sword-smiths, the legendary ninjitsu master Hattori Honzo (Sonny Chiba). In Tokyo, O-Ren Ishii is surrounded by her lethal henchmen and holds court in a massive nightclub / restaurant complex, the House of Blue Leaves. The Bride’s assault upon this stronghold is a pitched martial arts battle with hundreds of black clad soldiers of O-Ren’s personal shock squad, The Crazy 88s.
Tag: Uma Thurman
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
The fourth movie by Quentin Tarantino is an epic tale of one woman’s quest for justice presented in two installments. In Kill Bill— Vol. 1 the title character, played by David Carradine, is a mostly unseen sinister figure looming over the story who has organized an elite group called the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (or DiVAS). All of the vipers are code-named after poisonous serpents and the deadliest of them all is Black Mamba (Uma Thurman), who is also Bill’s former lover.
Paycheck Movie Production Notes (2003)
Director John Woo and producer Terence Chang assembled some of their most trusted collaborators in the making of “Paycheck,” including cinematographer Jeffrey Kimball, ASC, weapons coorindator Rock Galotti and stunt brothers Gregg and Brian Smrz. Shot entirely in Vancouver, Canada, which doubled for Seattle, the production team made their home base at Vancouver Film Studios…
Paycheck (2003)
Tagline: Remember the Future. Jennings, an electrical engineer who has been working for the government for the past two years is trying to collect his paycheck. The problem is that the project he was working on is top secret and his employer has erased his memory concerning the project. Meanwhile, the government is trying to…