Cinephiles, assemble! Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is finally making its nationwide theatrical debut. On December 5, 2025, Lionsgate will release Tarantino’s legendary revenge saga as one complete film for the very first time across U.S. theaters, giving fans the opportunity to witness the blood-soaked, operatic journey of The Bride exactly as the director always intended.
Originally presented as two volumes in 2003 and 2004, Kill Bill was famously split into two parts due to its ambitious length and scale. But for years, Tarantino devotees have whispered about The Whole Bloody Affair, a unified cut screened only a handful of times at special events, including a 2011 run at Los Angeles’ New Beverly Cinema. Now, after more than two decades, audiences can finally experience the saga uninterrupted, unflinching, and unfiltered.
Tarantino has long described Kill Bill as “one movie,” and this presentation removes the cliffhanger ending that closed Vol. 1 and the recap that opened Vol. 2, merging both into a seamless, four-hour revenge epic. Adding to the excitement, this cut will feature a never-before-seen 7½-minute animated sequence, expanding the film’s mythos and deepening the emotional and visual tapestry of The Bride’s journey.
Select theaters will project the film in 70mm and 35mm, honoring Tarantino’s love for celluloid and his commitment to cinematic spectacle. “I wrote and directed it as one movie—and I’m so glad to give the fans the chance to see it as one movie,” Tarantino said in a statement. “The best way to see Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is at a movie theater in glorious 70mm or 35mm. Blood and guts on a big screen in all its glory!”
It’s fitting that Lionsgate, home to a significant portion of Tarantino’s cinematic library including Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, and Death Proof — is bringing this definitive cut to theaters. For longtime fans and new audiences alike, this is an unprecedented chance to revisit one of Tarantino’s most iconic works, reassembled as the director always envisioned.
At its heart, The Whole Bloody Affair remains a classic revenge saga told with Tarantino’s trademark flair for violence, humor, and genre fusion. The film stars Uma Thurman as The Bride, an assassin betrayed and left for dead by her former boss and lover, Bill (David Carradine). After awakening from a four-year coma, she embarks on a brutal quest for vengeance—tracking down the remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, and Michael Madsen) before facing Bill himself.
What makes this complete version so vital is its rhythm. Without the break between volumes, The Bride’s odyssey unfolds like a fever dream—balancing stylized martial arts, pulpy grindhouse homage, and operatic emotion. The new animated sequence promises to enrich this tone, harkening back to the anime-inspired flashback in Vol. 1 that chronicled O-Ren Ishii’s origin story. For Tarantino, who’s always drawn from international cinema. Hong Kong kung fu, Japanese samurai films and spaghetti westerns. Animation offers another stylistic flourish that expands the film’s visual language.
This release also revives a conversation about Tarantino’s legacy. Kill Bill is perhaps his most accessible yet ambitious work, an action epic led by a complex female protagonist whose rage, grief, and resilience defined a generation of movie heroines. Thurman’s Bride is both mythic and human, a warrior forged in trauma and love. Seeing her story uninterrupted magnifies the emotional weight behind every duel, every cut, every cathartic showdown.
Theatrical re-releases have become a cultural ritual, offering audiences a chance to rediscover modern classics in the immersive setting they were made for. But The Whole Bloody Affair stands apart. With its intermission, unrated cut, and exclusive sequences, it transforms from a nostalgic revisit into an entirely new cinematic experience.
In an era dominated by streaming and short-form content, Tarantino’s insistence on “blood and guts on a big screen” feels both defiant and refreshing. This December, moviegoers will get to witness a rare cinematic event: a director reclaiming his vision, a cult classic reborn, and a revenge story told, at last, in full.
Whether you’ve memorized every chapter title or are stepping into Kill Bill for the first time, The Whole Bloody Affair is more than just a film—it’s an experience. Come December, sharpen your swords, grab your popcorn, and prepare to see Tarantino’s masterpiece the way it was always meant to be seen: whole, bloody, and glorious.
