A thought about "Kill Bill, Volume 2"

You knew it was going to happen. After months of media stories about the violence and perverse sadism of "The Passion of the Christ", the sequel to the equally violent and perverse "Kill Bill, Volume 1" was practically destined to get favorable reviews.

The process has already begun: David Edelstein, writing in Slate, states that "Tarantino is a sadistic freak—but, unlike some other filmmakers I can think of, he wears it proudly."