4/5 The Bride, Kill Bill, Volume 1 - Amazon
  by Michael A. Lilly (Charlotte Hall, MD (USA))
We see after-effects of gunfire at a chapel and the start of a crusade of revenge by the Bride after she awakens from a coma. Her first victim being a pimping nurse attendant. After doing self-physical therapy to regain her walking skills, the Bride begins her revenge.

5/5 Simple but brilliant action movie
  by David Long (NJ)
The storyline is rather simple - "the Bride" is out for revenge against Bill, a former boss and father of her unborn child, and his followers who turned her wedding into a bloodbath, almost killing her. However, Tarantino's style and writing along with a superb performance by Uma Thurman elevate this movie to greatness. There is never a dull moment and the viewer cheers for the Bride, despite the fact she's also an assassin who's out to kill people. Part of that is due to her reason for revenge, and part is due to Tarantino's style which actually makes the movie "fun" in a way.

By now I think most people are prepared for the amount of violence in Tarantino's films. In this movie he takes advantage of the freedom in an anime-type sequence to have even more blood. The violence in "Kill Bill Vol. 1" is over-the-top to the point where it's humorous at times.

The performances by all the actors are very good, especially Thurman. While there is plenty of action, there are also a good number of dramatic scenes and it does include some humor. I particularly enjoyed a series of scenes where the Bride was visiting Japan to obtain a special samurai sword which demonstrated a sense of honor. And there was a scene with Lucy Lui's character - also an assassin - in a board room meeting which was hilarious! Overall, I think it's a great action movie and is one of Tarantino's best.

5/5 Bloody Good Film
  by IRA Ross (HOBOKEN, NJ United States)
Uma Thurman is out for revenge! She plays "The Bride" who receives a bullet in her head at her wedding and spends the next several years in a coma. Uma is lucky; the rest of her wedding party are all dead. She regains her consciousness in the hospital (in a decidedly compromised position) then makes up a list of all those she is determined to eliminate.

Like a good satire of all those Japanese samurai films, "Kill Bill, Volume 1" is very bloody, but unlike those, is also very funny. I did not know whether to laugh or to cringe, so I did both. The sword fight scenes are magnificently staged and choreographed. The cinematography is beautiful (magnified stunningly in Blu-ray) and the incredibly stirring musical score is akin to something out of a Sergio Leone spaghetti western.

See this amazingly entertaining flick! I am already preparing myself for Volume 2.

5/5 IT DOESNT GET BETTER
  by Mr. High Def (USA)
Two of my favs in KILL BILL 1 AND 2 made great on blue ray with better music and graphics.. Tarentino at his best.. with all the cast being spot on..

4/5 The bride shines in Hi-Def
  by R. Suarez Giacoman (Mc Allen, Texas United States)
Many thing have been said about this movie in prior reviews already so I will base my review on the Bluray edition only.

Kill Bill volume 1 arrives to high definition presented with an incredible English 5.1 uncompressed audio track which makes the soundtrack to sound better than ever, dialogues, effects and the music benefit directly from this audio track and offer an audio experience that highly improves from the prior DVD version. English and French 5.1 Dolby Digital are also included as well as subtitles in English and Spanish.

The video transfer is just impeccable, colors are stunning from beginning to end, the sequence where the bride arrives to Vernita Green's house riding on the 'Pussy Wagon' gives you a taste of what's to come in video quality for the rest of the movie. The anime sequence that tells the origin of Oren-Ishi even with the blurry effects common in anime looks simply breathtaking.

All extras are presented in standards definition and they are basically the same from the DVD version (which explains the missing star on my review):
* The Making of Kill Bill vol. 1
* '5,6,7,8's' musical performances
* Tarantino trailers (from 'Reservoir Dogs' to 'Kill Bill Vol. 2')

No official announcements have been made on the 'Whole Bloody Affair', which is supposed to be the definitive version of Kill Bill by Quentin Tarantino. The fact that these two volumes in Bluray dropped in price and Tarantino is already talking about completing the anime section of the volume 1 may indicate these are coming soon. For what is worth, this edition is worth the price while we wait and see if the definitive version will ever be released.