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In martial arts folklore he is said to have punched such a hole in an oak door to grab the wrist of a burglar trying to enter his house. Among them is Masutatsu ‘Mas’ Oyama, founder of the Kyokushin school of karate.

Pai Mei punching through a wooden plank, leaving a round hole as opposed to regular wood splinters, may be a reference to this ability attributed to several martial arts Masters.

Martial Arts Choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping was originally set to play Pai Mei, but could not fit it in with his choreography, so Quentin Tarantino considered playing it himself for a little while, before picking Gordon Liu for the part.

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It is performed by “Chingon”, Quentin Tarantino’s close friend and fellow movie director Robert Rodriguez’s band. A rock and roll version of “ Malagueña Salerosa“, a traditional Mexican song, plays over the end credits.Many genres are referenced including classic westerns like The Searchers Daryl Hannah even recreates a little of the action from her memorable role in the 1982 sci-fi classic “Blade Runner”.ĭavid Carridine gives perhaps the best dramatic performance of his career As with the first movie, the lead actresses impressively perform much of the action themselves. Fox in Volume 1, the fighting between Daryl Hannah’s Elle Driver and Uma Thurman’s Beatrix Kiddo is a vicious, hard-hitting battle that wrecks every breakable bit of crockery and furniture in Budd’s motorhome.

Much like the opening fight with Vivica A. Many elements rip off the training scenes from The 36 th Chamber of Shaolin and “Snake and Crane arts of Shaolin”, but no more than the Kung Fu Panda films have done.ĭuring her training Pai Mei teaches The Bride the art of the “three-inch punch” (obviously referencing Bruce Lee’s famous one-inch punch), which has its pay off in The Bride’s escape from a particularly claustrophobic fate! Uma Thurman vs Daryl Hannah Gordon Liu, as you would expect, is very much at home as the harsh, beard- stroking kung fu master. Five point palm exploding heart technique

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