Kill Bill: Volume 1 is a American martial arts action film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Fox and Michael Madsen and their leader, Bill David Carradine , after they try to kill her and her unborn child. Her journey takes her to Tokyo, where she battles the yakuza. Kill Bill was inspired by s exploitation films and martial arts films. It features an anime sequence by Production I. Volume 1 is the first of two Kill Bill films made in a single production.
They were originally set for a single release, but the film, with a runtime of over four hours, was divided in two. This meant Tarantino did not have to cut scenes.
Volume 2 was released six months later. Kill Bill was theatrically released in the United States on October 10, In , the Bride , a former member of the Deadly Viper assassination squad, is rehearsing her marriage at a chapel in El Paso, Texas. The Deadly Vipers, led by Bill, attack the chapel, shooting everyone. As the Bride lies wounded, she tells Bill he is the father of her unborn child just as he shoots her in the head. The Bride falls into a coma. In the hospital, Elle Driver, one of the Deadly Vipers, prepares to assassinate her via lethal injection.
Bill aborts the mission at the last moment, considering it dishonorable to kill her while she is defenseless. The Bride awakens four years later and is horrified to discover she is no longer pregnant. She kills a man who intends to rape her, and a hospital worker who has been selling her body while she was comatose.
She takes the hospital worker's truck and vows to kill Bill and the other Deadly Vipers. The Bride goes to the home of Vernita Green, a former Deadly Viper who now leads a normal suburban life. They engage in a knife fight, which is interrupted when Vernita's young daughter arrives home. When Vernita tries to shoot the Bride with a pistol hidden in a box of cereal, the Bride throws a knife into her chest, killing her, in front of her daughter, who she offers the chance for revenge when she becomes older.
