5/5 Best UMD Movie to Get on PSP!
  by David Baltazar (SAN JOSE, CA United States)
This review is for; Kill Bill - Volume 1 [UMD for PSP]

If I only had one choice of movie to get for my PSP it would definitely be "Kill Bill"! Selection of UMD movies is very scarce, hard to find and are sometimes expensive due to limited availability. Although there are a good number of other movie titles available on UMD (such as "Enter the Dragon", & "The Matrix"), I really think most of them aren't so good or are "hit and miss" selections. As of 12-16-08, it is uncertain and rather bleak about the future of UMD titles that are going to be available for 2009 and beyond. A new PSP without a UMD drive will be released in the future.

The "Kill Bill" volume one is a very good movie to get on UMD, is enjoyable with multiple viewings and is one of the few UMD movies with special features. Not much special features. Just a couple. One is the making of "Kill Bill" (22 minutes) which is your standard cast, crew interviews mixed with some film and behind-the scenes footage. The other feature is a six minute music video by 5, 6, 7 & 8 (four Asian females dressed in beige dresses) singing the song "Woo-Hoo". Of course if you get "Kill Bill" volume one, you probably be obligated to get volume two like I did. Volume two has only a few deleted scenes as the only special feature on that UMD.


4/5 She is gonna kill Bill
  by E. A Solinas (MD USA)
"Kill Bill" was either a disaster-in-the-making or a one of a kind hit -- a sprawling revenge flick that had to be cut in two and released separately. But director Quentin Tarantino serves up entertainingly mindless gore and twisted thrills in "Kill Bill Volume 1," a salute to homages.

Tragedy strikes the Bride (Uma Thurman) on her wedding day: The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (DiVAS) attacks and slaughters the guests, the groom, and wounds the very pregnant Bride herself. Her former boss/lover Bill (David Carradine) finishes the bloodbath by shooting the Bride in the head. But despite his efforts, she isn't dead.

A few years later, the Bride wakes to find that she has been in a coma for a few years, and has been being used as a sex toy for rent. After recovering enough to move, the Bride gets a sword sharp enough to "cut God," and goes on a revenge spree against the people who wrecked her life and killed her baby, including Cottonmouth (Vivica A. Fox) and the deadly O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu).

Don't expect cinematic art in "Kill Bill Volume 1." If anything, this is cinematic pop art, a loving tribute to cheesy martial-arts flicks and westerns. Tarantino even inserts a stretch of anime detailing O-Ren's background. It's pure Tarantino, untainted by typical directing methods and immensely entertaining if you switch off your critical faculties, refrain from asking "How the heck could that happen?"

"Kill Bill" isn't for the weak of stomach; over 450 gallons of fake blood are used in both movies. But the blood usage is more "Monty Python" than "Braveheart"; it's so over-the-top that it's silly and sick rather than disturbing. So is the violence -- hacking dozens of people down without getting so much as a scrape is impossible, but it's sure fun to watch.

Tarantino throws out more one-liners than just about any other filmmaker around. The absurd "Trix is for kids" line aside, there are a number of great lines like "Those of you lucky enough to have your lives take them with you. However, leave the limbs you've lost. They belong to me now." The script teems with impossibilities, but they seem plausible enough in this alternate reality that Tarantino has cooked up. Call it Tarantinoland.

Uma Thurman, with her yellow tracksuit and katana, rules the screen as the Bride. Despite the Bride cutting down people by the dozen, it's impossible not to appreciate her. And the best supporting performances come from Liu as the ruthless O-Ren, Carradine in a brief but intense appearance, and the wonderful, underrated Chiaki Kuriyama as evil schoolgirl Go-Go Yubari.

It's silly, it's creepy, it's gaudy, and somehow it's vastly entertaining. Tarantino's special triumph in "Kill Bill Volume 1" is to somehow rope his vast store of movie homages into a gory, action-packed storyline, and one that is, at the very least, hard to forget.

5/5 Great movie for the PSP
  by MAC (DAT SOTA, Florida)
Kill Bill - Volume 1 (UMD Mini For PSP) was a great movie for the PSP.

1/5 HORRIBLE - DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY
  by Sunshine
This film was so bad that after 5 minutes, even the guys in our group were groaning. We all voted to immediately turn it off and watch something else.

A violent version of "Dumb and Dumber and Dumbest (the director)".

5/5 Amazing!
  by Wilbert (Puerto Rico)
Director Quentin Tarantino really blows up minds with this movie. One of the best films made in this time. Tarantino takes us back in time to an almost samurai movie, mixed with today's reality and problems. Uma Thurman's caracter the bride is a "super hero" for women of nowadays. Really great movie, original plot and lot's and lot's of blood and overall ACTION....