Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Mo Buck
Cast: Christian Bale, Uma Thurman, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Zoe Saldana, Walton Goggins, Steve Buscemi
Plot: Dustin (Walton Goggins) and Alice (Zoe Saldana) peacefully eating their dinner, talking about their day and the importance of pop culture in our daily life in the 21st Century, when masked men kick down their door, with swords in their hands, targeting the two lovers. Unpleasantly surprised, Alice flips the table in the attackers' direction, giving time to her husband to reach his dagger and for her to reach her spear. They then start to fight the villainous forces sent to their house, while they were peacefully living their life. Blood is all over the place and they start to get pretty badly outnumbered. They are now surrounded by unknown attackers. Jack T. Sunsmith (Steve Buscemi) arrives and without saying a word, shots the husband and wife with small needles, putting them to sleep instantly. They are carried away by the small army, leaving their house in a bloody mess.
It's Johnson's (Samuel L. Jackson) first day in the retirement home. His family put him there, because he wasn't able to pay the rent alone anymore. The foul mouthed man isn't particularly happy with the situation and all of the employees of the Sunny Hill Retirement Home know about it, that's for sure. All the other residents are already complaining about him and doesn't give a single damn about that. During Bingo time, a mandatory activity in the residence, masked people arrive at the reception and kill the lady behind the desk. They enter in the Bingo room and start to kill everyone. Johnson went to retrieve his spiked baseball bat. You might think it is no match to the men's swords, but in his more glorious day, Johnson knew how to swing that bat. He's on a vicious rampage when Sunsmith arrives and puts him to sleep.
Charles Hermann (Christoph Waltz) is quietly sitting in is his office, watching two men battle themselves to death on his monitors, when Jack T. Sunsmith arrives in his office with Dustin, Alice and Johnson in chains. He presents them to Hermann and mentions their weapon of choice. Hermann assigns a letter to each of them. Dustin gets an E, Alice a D and Johnson a B. They leave Hermann's office and they're each assigned to their previously attributed cell. Sunsmith returns to Hermann's office to plan the future fights people want to see. Leonard, aka Fighter A (Christian Bale) the undisputed male champion has yet to meet an opponent worthy of his talent, so they decide to put him up against their two new acquisitions, Fighter B and Fighter E. Hermann suggests a fight between the newcomer Fighter D and the undefeated Fighter C, but Sunsmith disagrees, saying she'll get destroyed in mere seconds, Hermann doesn't care.
A woman in a yellow tracksuit is sitting in cell C, with her sword resting near her, when Hermann and Sunsmith interrupted her. Fighter C, aka the Bride (Uma Thurman) is the deadliest fighter Hermann ever had in his possession. He announces her that she'll need to fight a newcomer and she silently agrees. The Bride was captured by Hermann Enterprise on Christmas Eve, in the middle of the street with her kid by Sunsmith. She tried to fight them off, but she was badly outnumbered and didn't have her sword. They killed her little boy and finally managed to capture her. Hermann goes to Fighter D's cell and explain to her what's going to happen. She tries to fight him off, but she's chained to the wall and Hermann's guards have their electrical spear with them. He announces her that she'll die tomorrow at 9 am, the Bride and tonight will be her last dinner, with the others, in the eating room.
All the cells are unlocked now and the chains come off the wall and the five fighters can escape their cell. The only way for them to go is to the eating room, about half a mile away from their cell. They're escorted by armed guards. In the eating area, Fighter D goes to tell Fighter E what's going to happen to her tomorrow and he can't believe it. The newcomers all eat together Fighter D, E and B. The Bride eats alone and Fighter A eats alone. They start talking about a plan to try to escape out of this hell hole. All three are trained fighters and they'll probably all end up dead anyway, so why not try it. Johnson agrees with the couple. Fighter A interrupts their conversation and confesses that he heard everything they said and he will join them on one condition : they have to kill Hermann and Sunsmith in the process. They all ask him about what they should do about the Bride and he says he will take care of her. He says he has a fight scheduled against both Fighter B and E tomorrow and that's when they'll start the revolt.
The following morning, Johnson wakes up to the sound of a trumpet and realizes that he has to go "fight". He eats a lot, and I mean a lot, while having the weirdest, heavily vulgar conversation with his partner, Fighter E, aka Dustin Greg. They're interrupted by guards telling them it's time to go fight much to Johnson's disappointment. The three of them are ready to enter the cage when Fighter A tells them that he was unable to talk to the Bride during the evening as she wouldn't listen to him. They ask him why she acts so strangely and why she doesn't seem to care about what she's doing here and he tells them that she entered a sort of psychotic state when her kid got killed. They get their weapon and they start pummeling the guards before they enter the cage. One of them had enough time to turn on the alarm and we see all the guards preparing to kill the rebels.
They force their way to the other cage, hoping they were fast enough to save Alice before she's killed by the Bride. They enter the cage and see Alice still trying to defend herself against the Bride. They all join force against her and she resists them. Johnson says he has a plan and Leonard follows him. The couple is now all alone against the deadly Bride. She kills a couple of guards trying to get in the way. They defend themselves the best they can in a highly stylish fight before being saved by Johnson and Leonard who throw a sleeping dart at the Bride, putting her down. Johnson decides to carry the Bride with them, because she still has a chance to regain reason and they leave the cage.
Jack T. Sunsmith was escorting The Bride to Hermann's office shortly after she arrived at the facility. She was still in shock of the loss of her kid. She tries to fight her way out, by breaking her chains, but she's rapidly outnumbered and put in stronger chains. Hermann explains to her that she only has to do ten fights for him and after that she can return home to her husband and her other kid. She surprisingly believes him and Hermann warns her about what will happen if she tries to get away, before being escorted out by Sunsmith and his men.
The group of rebels are making their way in the vast facility, killing everyone in their sight and a bloody fashion and by every way they can. Johnson is still trying to carry the Bride. They kill about a hundred more men, before entering Sunsmith's apartment. He has a dozen of heavily armored guards by his side and he himself has a katana in his hands. They battle start and after they struggle a bit, they manage to kill the guards and killing a defenseless Sunsmith in a horrible way. They continue to force their way to Hermann's office, killing dozens of guard on their way. When they enter Hermann's office, he's behind his desk, smiling at them. That's when the Bride awakens and Hermann tells her that this was her last fight before being released and if she kills Alice, she's free to go. Desperate to see her family again and get out of the killing game once and for all, she turns her back on the group and they start to fight themselves. Hermann runs off by the back door. They all start to fight and are overwhelmed by the Bride's extraordinary fighting skills. They're unable to touch her and they don't even dare try to attack her, instead staying on their toes. She's able cut Dustin's left arm and he continues to fight anyway. She now focuses on his left arm and manages to cut it off. Greg falls on his knees, screaming and the Bride finishes him, by planting her sword through his brain. The others are shocked by the Bride's achievement and she continues her quest to kill Alice. They continue to fight, until Leonard shows her Hermann's screen, showing a conversation between a man named the Eraser. Hermann asked him to kill the Bride's husband and other kid and the Eraser later replying that it was done.
We finally hear what Hermann told her what would be happening if she tried to escape and that's exactly what he told her. She starts to scream and throws her katana on a framed picture of Hermann, hitting him directly between the eyes, as Alice Fletcher is mourning her deceased husband. She swears to get revenge on Hermann.
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