David Carradine vs Michael Jai White — Kill Bill 2 : deleted scene
December 29th, 2011 by Mr. C
I never knew about the deleted scene in Kill Bill 2 that showcased the fight between David Carradine and Michael Jai White…Kung fu style, until one of the outlawz from planet chocko reminded me about this! Now I know why the scene was deleted. It looks like it was Quentin Tarantino’s attempt to pay homage to the old skool kung fu movies with the horrible but humorous dubbing that we all grew up to love! In any event, the deleted scene was comical and had potential but it definitely seemed out of place. How cool would it have been if the fight sequence was done straight up with a more serious & pissed off Michael Jai White in all his badass karate glory vs the tag team of Carradine & Uma Thurman?! Then again, Kwai Chang Caine probably wouldn’t have wanted that!
Check out the deleted scene on the Kill Bill 2 DVD extras or see it below…
courtesy of muzzlewump via @youtube
Posted in movies, mr. c | Comments (3)
December 29th, 2011 at 11:22 pm
The problem with bad dubbing is it never works if you do it intentionally. You either have to go into the completely silly side of things as in a spoof in a comedy or keep it straight. Outside of an odd comedy moment as in SCTV, I have never seen intentional bad dubbing that works
December 30th, 2011 at 9:32 am
agreed. i think if tarantino really wanted to pay respects to the old skool kung fu films, he should worry less about the intentional bad dubbing & focus more on the traditional KF fight choreography that those movies were known for.
December 30th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
Exactly.
Remember though I am not a Tarantino fan. I find his aping of styles and moments annoying mostly in that he uses his ideas of them rather than the things themselves. Basically he doesn’t quite understand what he’s riffing