Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 has an unusual bracket signature: modest early, strong late. The 29% overall rate hides a film that tends to peak exactly when the competition does. Tarantino's most visually audacious film — the Crazy 88 sequence alone justifies its place on any action ballot. The incomplete-story problem is real, but style this committed has a way of overriding structural objections. It ranks among the weakest 2000s performers on the platform. Most voters pass in 3.1s. The ones who pick it do so in 2.2s — faster, more decisive, like they came in with a plan.
Synopsis
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
19% opening, 60% in finals. The 44-point improvement tells you everything: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 outperforms its overall record exactly when it matters most.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 owns Django Unchained at 67% but Pulp Fiction flips the script entirely: just 19%.
Best of Tarantino typically ends in the semifinals for Kill Bill: Vol. 1: loses to Pulp Fiction (19%) in round one, edges Inglourious Basterds 60–40% in the semifinals.
In Quentin Tarantino's filmography, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ranks #8 of 8. Reservoir Dogs leads at 63%; Django Unchained at 35% trails.
Dead last in Best of Tarantino.
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