AS I WAS relaxing in the bath, wild Yakuza gangsters, clutching short samurai swords, kept jumping at me with ear-piercing combat screams from all four corners of the room, only to be promptly dismembered -at times beheaded - by the magnificent Uma Thurman, all in front of my eyes... 'Kill Bill' was probably not a good choice of a house movie for my 'Techno-corner' room in Nice's Hi hotel - equipped with, among other button-operated gadgets, a cinema-size screen (with digital sound) that could be watched from either the bed or the bathtub. It felt as if I had to share the room with all the bouncy and noisy 'Kill Bill' characters, although perhaps I wouldn't have minded so much if it was just Ms Thurman -perhaps accompanied by on-screen nemesis Lucy Liu -provided they promised not to exercise their ninja skills for a while.
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