When Quentin Tarantino originally filmed and directed his epic Kill Bill, his primary idea was to release it as one complete movie. Yet, when editing came about it turned out that the film ran over four hours. It was never revealed whether there was friction between Tarantino and the production company over how to release the film, but Kill Bill was originally released in two parts, with six months separating the release of the two (October 2003 and April 2004).
Not only were both parts a box office success (altogether more than $330 million worldwide), but many critics and fans alike consider the two (or one?) as one of Tarantino’s best works, if not the best. Now, it seems that Tarantino’s original idea to release Kill Bill as one is coming to fruition.
Lionsgate, which holds the rights to release Tarantino films, will show this epic as one in general theaters under the title Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, starting from December 5, 2025. Oh, and there will be changes, quite a few fans were clamouring about.
Tarantino already had showings of the unified release. First, at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 (out of competition). Then, he re-edited the film and started showing it in his own New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, starting in 2011. Tarantino made it reappear in 2024, again at his own Vista Theater in L.A., this time with an intermission between the two parts. Now, this "whole bloody affair" will be available for all Tarantino fans to see with all the changes made.
What is new in the complete version of Kill Bill?
As a reminder, the original Kill Bill presented Uma Thurman as The Bride when her former boss and lover Bill (David Carradine) attacks her wedding rehearsal, leaving The Bride presumably dead and stealing her unborn child. The Bride recovers and decides to go for vengeance, first hunting down the four remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad before confronting Bill himself.
So, what is new in the unified version of the film that is now titled Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair? First of all, the film will be available in both 70mm and 35mm, making the gory details even more vivid than previously. Secondly, the cliffhanger that was ending to the first part is now gone, as is the recap at the beginning of part 2, but what viewers will be able to see now is a 7½-minute animated sequence, which was not seen before. Also, the much-talked-about scene where The Bride fights Crazy 88 never goes to black and white, making the carnage that ensues even more vivid.
Exciting? Definitely, and all the Tarantino and Kill Bill fans are already at the edge of their (theatre) seats.
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