Quentin Tarantino is a massive cinephile who pays homage to dozens and dozens of other projects within his films. In this video, Sam Kench breaks down every single homage, reference, and connection within ‘Kill Bill‘, from big to small, from famous to obscure.

A Small Sampling of the Movies Mentioned in This Video

The first reference is the basic plot of the film and it comes directly from another Tarantino movie ‘Pulp Fiction‘ where Mia Wallace tells Vincent Vega about her work on the TV pilot called Fox Force Five. Fox Force Five directly correlates to the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad in ‘Kill Bill‘, and the heading of the revenge list is Deathless 5, which also correlates to Fox Force Five.

The list The Bride writes also looks just like the one in the 1968 film The Mercenary.

Like we said from famous to obscure.

Wondering where that five-point palm exploding heart technique came from?

Then you need to watch The Shaw Brothers, 1977 film ‘Executioner from Shaolin‘.

The Shaw brothers were responsible for many films that directly influenced Kill Bill like “The 36th Chamber‘ which starred Gordon Liu who of course is in Kill Bill. He played Johnny Moe the biggest and baddest member of The Crazy 88. This internationally renowned, award-winning, trailblazing masterpiece broke all the rules (and box-office records). 

Kung-Fu Connection

In Pulp Fiction, Jules says “first I’m gonna deliver this case to Marcellus. Then basically I’m just gonna walk the earth. Like Cain in Kung Fu.” And who played Cain in Kung Fu? Why David Carradine of course who played Bill.

Just Watch the Video

Holy cow does Sam reference a ton of movies, tv shows, characters, even products that are part of the Tarantino universe in this video. Just watch the video already.

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