Kill Bill tour

Kill Bill vol 1 and vol 2 are two action movies, or rather one long movie split in two (it was intended to be made as one film but was split because the original version was more than four hours) and released on October 10, 2003 and April 8, 2004.

'Watch the movies first. The article contains some spoilers and outright "in-jokes" referring to scenes in the movie(s), but in order to minimize the spoilers, not everything is explained here, and so the article refers to events that readers won't understand without watching them first.'

Understand
The protagonist "The Bride" (later her name is revealed as Beatrix Kiddo) used to be a member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad - organization. The members were named after snake species and she went by the name "black mamba". One day she discovered she was pregnant and therefore decided to quit the job, escape, and start a new life under a new identity. Bill, the boss of the organization (and who was also in some kind of relationship with her), mildly speaking, didn't accept this. The Bride found a new man, and as they were about to get married in El Paso, the rest of the squad showed up at the wedding rehearsal, and gunned down everybody - or so they thought. The sheriff and his team investigating the crime scene have no idea of who she is and so she is just referred to as "The Bride".

The Bride survives and wakes up from coma in a hospital four years later, and here the movie begins. She decides to travel around the world to search for and kill the four assassins and finally Bill himself. The movie(s) takes her around the southwestern U.S., Japan and Mexico, and there are flashbacks from her time training in China with the martial arts master Pai Mei. Much of the movie has been shot on location, though the U.S. parts were all shot in Southern California and most of the Asian parts in China.

Destinations
"That woman... deserves her revenge, and... we deserve to die... But then again, so does she. So I guess... we'll just see... won't we?"

- Budd

The film follows a nonlinear narrative, and the destinations are listed in the order they first show up in the movie. Most places are around Southern California, and you may want to drive to get around, the same goes for the Mexican location. The few Asian locations are better accessible by public transportation.

Volume 1
"Go-Go, I know you feel you must protect your mistress. But I beg you, walk away."

- The Bride


















 * Finally, when in Japan, you can also check out if there's a concert by the 5,6,7,8's – that band playing in the House of the Blue Leaves.

Volume 2
"You are here to learn the mysteries of Kung Fu, not linguistics. If you can't understand me, I will communicate with you like I would a dog!"

- Pai Mei