AA ANALYSIS

For my extract I have chosen Kill Bill Vol. 1 which is directed by Quentin Tarantino:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWqnZTTRkm4

This is an Action Adventure film which is a combination of crime fiction and thriller with an undertone of satire. The two minute extract I have chosen comes towards the end of the film and shows the heroine battling against the crazy 88.

The scene begins with a battle between the main character, the bride and The Crazy 88. As the viewer for a short period of time you feel that the main character is in jeopardy as she is surrounded by a gang of villains armed with machetes and is clearly outnumbered. But this sense of jeopardy is soon lost as the heroine begins to slice through every one of the villains. The idea of one person being able to demolish around 30 armed villains is completely beyond  the point of realistic, this is where satire comes in.

There is an obvious satire on action and adventure films in Kill Bill, this is done by making everything in the fight scene over the top. For example the gore, on one level it is quite frightening and on another it is ridiculous as there are people losing their limbs and a guy having his eyeball snatched out by The Bride.

The suspense builds up from the first shot when you see her facing the gang and is clearly outnumbered and although after she has defeated many of the gang members you as the viewer are still anxious as to whether she can defeat all of them.

The heroine is fairly typical, she is attractive, wears a tight fitting costume and is fierce like most other female heroes in action and adventure films. The villains wear black masks and tuxedos and look threatening as villains usually do. As a viewer you are rooting for Uma Thurman's character as she is getting revenge on the people who put her in a coma. Throughout the scene the viewer experiences fear, excitement and disbelief.