Diary entries forThe Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge
The strangest thing to happen to cinema all year. Tarantino, who is undoubtedly the most well known and loved director of his generation, at least to general audiences, comes out of a 6 year hiatus to direct a 10 minute short which acts as a mid point to arguably his most famous film. If this was live action, feature length and released in cinemas it’d of made $1 billion easily. Kill Bill Part 3 has got to be one of the most requested films of all time, and sadly I think Tarantino will die before that ever happens. This soulless Fortnite short film is a crime to cinema in true, and arguably the biggest waste of potential cinema has seen. Nobody truly knows what’s going on with Tarantino at the minute, but in truth a man who claims to be as dedicated to the craft shouldn’t confine himself to 10 feature films. What a stupid idea and I can’t believe how dedicated he is to commit to it. Make more films Tarantino and stop selling out.
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge
Bingo da imaturidade: Quentin Tarantino fazendo um curta para Fortnite. Tão genérico e mercadológico que nem tem nada minimamente instigante para se apegar.
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge
Je comprends mieux pourquoi ça a été coupé du film final.
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge
Movies truly peaked with Kill Bill: The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge presented by Fortnite
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge
now he’s gonna retire after this right? And of course i’ll be buying the battlepass for Beatrix Kiddo and Marty Mcfly
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge
Doesn’t even really make sense, there was nothing in the movie that alluded to Yuki still being alive (edit from December 9th, 2025: I realize now that Gogo and Yuki are sisters and not the same person… so that raises the question of why they introduce a character but act like we should know who they are, and also how does The Bride know who she is). Having it be in the Fortnite style was super lame, I know that the only reason this exists is because it’s a collaboration with Fortnite but it tries to mash two very different things together and it doesn’t work at all. 3.5/10
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge
Saw this tacked onto the whole bloody affair in 70mm. Almost made me like the actual movie less. Why Fortnite?
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge
Tarantino + Fortnite: maybe the single most perplexing collaboration in film history.
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge
We're entering peak territory with this one.
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge
As someone who hasn't seen Kill Bill (I do intend to change that with the soon to be released of "Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair"), this was an interesting watch. A section wasn't featured in the original due to the fact it "...wasn't feasible at that time for the cast and crew to film what is essentially another bloody fight scene in a movie already full of them" (Information and quote taken from GameSpot's article "Fortnite Made Quentin Tarantino's Long-Awaited Unfinished Chapter A Reality" (https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-made-quentin-tarantinos-long-awaited-unfinished-chapter-a-reality/1100-6536522/)) Fast forward to now, and the scene is created and featured within the popular video game title / "metaverse" games platform Fortnite. This game has become quite an interesting idea of what the future of gaming could be. This isn't even the game's first time having direct ties to an upcoming film release or being around a somewhat essential plot point (to a much lesser extent with this "Lost Chapter", I would argue). The first was with Episode IX of Star Wars event (https://youtu.be/aNLyly-ft74?si=4-ojY7D7p6Pgo5um) that featured a clip to show to fans, plus a substantial plot point being revealed with a monologue delivered by a specific character that would shock fans. Jump forward almost six years, and we get The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge. It's directed, written, and produced by Quentin Tarantino. Epic Games, the studio behind Fortnite, helped animate it in Unreal Engine 5. It's impressive in terms of what it does with UE5, offering much higher fidelity and textures to make the character models match how the actors look in real life. Meshes have nice squash and stretch, giving great expressive faces that would otherwise equate to action figures recreating a bloody fight. What this makes it sound like is that this will be a great fit or choice. No. It isn't. Reflection of the technology and what was done to achieve the necessary "cinematic" experience Tarantino would want is fun and engaging. For the short film itself, however, it is held back by the fact that it must match the game's age rating for being T, and not go fully nuts. Portions like the blood being censored can be looked past, but then it's the clash with the game's characters being featured throughout. The short features two main characters who look like exaggerated versions of the actresses. It still clashes quite heavily against the colorful and cartoony characters they choose for the short, leading to being taken out of the experience. The game does feature more "down-to-earth" characters who would've made the scenes less distracting to watch if it weren't something like a bright yellow banana appearing, or a man dressed in a skeleton suit. However you slice it, it leads to a worse experience. This goes to even including what is essentially a game reference to how the characters die in-game...which, sure, it's cute...but it leaves a very sour taste in my mouth afterwards as well. I would rather this didn't exist. Yes, it features some great filmmaking, like the final combat climax, or the moments where Yuki and The Bride meet each other for the first time. Yes, the director himself now wished for it to be included when he was making the films. Yet, I am left feeling, by the end of the short film, a certain disgust within me. I can appreciate the limits Tarantino and Epic Games took to create a cinematic short within a game engine, but I also feel this doesn't serve any purpose other than being buzzwords and focus-tested to ensure they get a specific crowd into Fortnite. It's a deleted section, one that I felt should've remained unmade.
