Quentin Tarantino returns to the director's chair with KILL BILL after a six year hiatus. The movie proves once again that he is a hyperactive visionary and the master of cinematic coolness. Split into two volumes by Miramax in order to ensure that Tarantino's vision would not be compromised and presumably to sell more tickets, KILL BILL VOLUME 1 tells the first half of the sprawling story, which is quite simple at first glance. A female assassin, referred to as The Bride Uma Thurman, is attacked on her wedding day. Dead are her soon to be husband and unborn child. However, she doesn't die. Four years later, she wakes up from a coma looking for revenge.