So I’m reading a review ripping The Passion of The Christ apart and I run across this little gem:

The real model for this film is Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, with its relentless depiction of torture, along with every slasher movie that cloaks its intentions in a higher message.

Combine that with Roger Ebert calling The Passion:

…the most violent film I have ever seen.

and I’d say the gauntlet has been thrown down for Kill Bill 2 to be bloodier and more violent than the first volume.