You can finally watch Kill Bill‘s Vol. 1 and 2 together, as it was meant to be. The Whole Bloody Affair rules for the most part, but it also features one of the most damaging insults imaginable to movie lovers, itself, and Tarantino’s legacy: a Fortnite tie-in.
Once the credits roll, viewers will be treated to something called The Lost Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge. It’s an animated short about the sister of that ball and chain-wielding psycho girl that the Bride kills in Vol. 1. Yuki’s Revenge is likely to immediately entice the unaware with its promise of rare Kill Bill content, but something’s weird right off the bat. Despite its cool faux stop-motion CGI looks, it just doesn’t feel like a Kill Bill animation, and we know that because the movie we’d just watched features a straight-up fantastic anime segment.
Everything here is too by-the-numbers, and the short takes exactly zero risks to give us any really memorable action moments. I have seen thousands of way more memorable highlights on actual Fortnite. Also, I just have a hard time believing this is a long-lost piece of Kill Bill lore, and that Tarantino truly is the person who directed this. Still, that’s who IMDb lists in the role. Regardless, none of it really adds anything new or exciting to the whole bloody affair, down to its complete bloodlessness, Fortnite‘s clean crystal shard hit markers and all.
The only good thing I have to say about The Lost Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge is that they at least had the decency of leaving it as an after-credits scene.
Like, if you’re about to add new stuff, why not just add the deleted scene where Bill himself actually gets to show off his skills against the always amazing Michael Jai White? Somehow, that scene never made it into the mix. That’s likely because it would make the film run for too long, but, well, I guess that wouldn’t be that big of a deal with a movie that’s already four and a half hours, plus that egregious 10-minute add-on.
Lately, Quentin Tarantino has been going viral for his inexplicable Paul Dano disses, as well as for criticizing The Hunger Games for ripping off the Battle Royale novel and film. I understand lighting a fire large enough to pull everyone’s attention to the “new” stuff you’re pulling out. Still, I’ll never get cheapening your beloved film so hard, especially in a way that also rips off Battle Royale, and in a much lamer way.
