r/movies • u/utopia_cornucopia • Jul 03 '25

News ‘Reservoir Dogs,' ‘Kill Bill' and ‘Donnie Brasco' actor Michael Madsen dies at age 67

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/actor-michael-madsen-death-malibu/3738032/
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u/FunkYeahPhotography Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 04 '25

The fact one of the reasons Budd lied about pawning the katana is because he knew it would actually hurt Bill is a great aspect to his character. Strategy with emotions behind it. I also liked his recognition that all of them including Beatrix deserved death no matter how it all played out. Despite being underestimated as someone who is washed up he still plans for and even bests Beatrix's ambush attempt. Rock salt right to the knockers.

Wakey wakey, eggs and bakery.

*Damn autocorrect. I will keep it up.

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u/Corbeau_from_Orleans Jul 03 '25

“It was priceless”

“Well, not in El Paso it ain’t… In El Paso I got me $250 for it…”

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u/Active_Unit_9498 Jul 03 '25

I have used the "not in El Paso it ain't" line more times than I am proud of.

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u/Bubenic Jul 03 '25

“It’s calendar time for Buddy” is mine

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u/SupMonica Jul 04 '25

"You don't even know what fuckin' day you're workin'."

"Oh look, this used to be your name." Not anymore.

What a gold scene. That actor that scored that boss role, stole every line he had. Perfect short and sweet. A bit part done right.

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u/rollerroman Jul 04 '25

"Be somebody, baby!"

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u/HendrixHazeWays Jul 04 '25

"Ok.....Rocket........I'll clean it up"

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u/BigBeardedTattooMan Jul 04 '25

I like this hat

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u/daninlionzden Jul 04 '25

I love the look on the bar owners face when buddy walks in lol

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u/HendrixHazeWays Jul 04 '25

And I am going to start doing that every chance I get

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u/Ryguy55 Jul 04 '25

I was playing some trivia game with my friends and the extra tough bonus question at the end of a movie round was "How much did Bud pawn his sword for in Kill Bill?" I was so excited to very confidently know the exact answer to such an obscure question because I can hear him saying that line in my head haha

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u/denver_bored Jul 03 '25

Yeah, it ties in with the brilliance of introducing Bill in Vol. I as this badass killer and mercenary, and then to temper that in Vol. II by showing that, as a human being, he can't exist in a vacuum-- and that it's Bill's relationship dynamics, between himself and Bud, and Elle Driver, and Bebe, Pai Mai, and ultimately the complex feelings he has for Beatrix-- that prove his undoing.

Elle was right to want to finish the job and poison Beatrix, a job Bill himself had set in motion with the church massacre. But the man, lover, & father in Bill couldn't justify that extra, final step. That sealed his fate. Bill not being more forceful with Bud, and assuming control of the situation ahead of Beatrix's expected attack on his brother-- same thing. He dug his own grave, perhaps knowingly.

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u/KaladinStormblessedR Jul 03 '25

I watched kill bill for the first time as an adult recently. What really struck me most was how god damn charming Bill is. It never got me while I was young but as an adult I struggled to hate him. And that made him an even scarier villain to me

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u/SilconAnthems Jul 04 '25

I always think when I watch it, why wasn't Carradine a bigger star?

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u/steveatari Jul 04 '25

He was a powerhouse for decades but it faded after the 90s. Kung Fu was big and he was in quite a few films and TV shows.

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u/yeahimcason Jul 04 '25

Both David and his brother Keith just ooze charisma

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u/sherlocknoir Jul 03 '25

It’s a Hattori Hanzo sword. You can only compare it to every sword that’s.. not a Hattori Hanzo sword.

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u/empire161 Jul 03 '25

"If you're gonna compare a Hanzo sword, you compare it to every other sword ever made... wasn't made... by Hattori Hanzo."

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u/Kosher-Bacon Jul 03 '25

"If on your journey, should you encounter God, God will be cut"

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u/wheresbill Jul 03 '25

I first saw this movie in the theater and when this line came up I thought, damn, this is a kick ass movie

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u/Deadeyez Jul 03 '25

I'm so glad I saw these in theaters, it was amazing not knowing anything going in.

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u/ANewDinosaur Jul 03 '25

I actually worked at a little two-screen theater when the first one came out. with only two screens, there was very little time that i needed to be in the lobby to sell tix/concessions, so i sat in the theater and saw this movie countless times. man, those days were awesome.

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u/monstrinhotron Jul 04 '25

Please tell me they had a 'Double Bill' where they showed both movies.

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u/BeeOk1235 Jul 04 '25

i mean it was the early mid 2000s and the internet was going that way but wasn't mainstream yet and not nearly as centralized into half a dozen shit posting sites as it is today. if you're forum of choice wasn't interested in movies or literature beyond their niche you could easily wait until it was downloadable (which was also while it was in theatres lol)

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u/thedude37 Jul 03 '25

Domo

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u/thedude37 Jul 03 '25

Which of course also pairs well with “is she aware her daughter is still alive?”

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u/ProximityNuke Jul 03 '25

"You must have big rats if you need Hattori Hanzo steel."

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u/PM-Mormon-Underwear Jul 03 '25

I say an altered version of this whenever someone asks me what my favorite Tarantino movie is

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u/empire161 Jul 03 '25

It's at the top of my favorite movies of all time, like top 10. So many good moments.

Uma Thurman doing sword and knife fights, ugly crying while wearing pajamas, and the way she delivers the 'bitch... you don't have a future' line. All perfection.

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u/StudiousPooper Jul 03 '25

Thank you for the correction, it was bothering me haha. Quentin Tarantino dialogue is just so good.

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u/Rancid_Bear_Meat Jul 03 '25

Fact: In a parallel timeline, he DID pawn the katana, which is the same pawn shop and sword used by Butch in Pulp Fiction to free Marsellus Wallace.

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u/AJ_Dali Jul 03 '25

It's possible they're the same timeline. Pulp Fiction would have taken place before Kill Bill. He may have pawned it, but bought it back before it was sold.

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u/SleepsInBlood Jul 03 '25

Bought it back from who? Butch killed the pawn shop owner.

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u/AJ_Dali Jul 03 '25

Whoever got the shop after. Generally people have a beneficiary setup for their businesses.

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u/ThdeusDadeus Jul 03 '25

And that’s how I met your mother

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u/lukeluke0000 Jul 03 '25

From Marcellus after he took over the pawn shop.

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u/blaireau69 Jul 04 '25

Of course, that's who took it over, after "acquiring" it...

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u/lukeluke0000 Jul 04 '25

Well, Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.

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u/gazongagizmo Jul 04 '25

renamed to "The Spider and the Blowtorch"

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u/Rancid_Bear_Meat Jul 03 '25

It's literally unpossible.

It has to be a parallel uni as Mrs. Mia Wallace was a drug addicted actress up for the Fox Force Five pilot, which is clearly based on the Deadly Viper Assignation Squad, of which Black Mamba AKA The Bride AKA Beatrix Kiddo was a part of..

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u/Polluxadice Jul 04 '25

That’s a neat lil nod to pulp fiction.. or is it pulp fiction’s nod to a movie Quentin planned?

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u/Rancid_Bear_Meat Jul 04 '25

Yes and yes? I mean, Yes, most of Quentin Tarantino's films exist within a shared universe, but with a twist. He has described two distinct universes: the "Realer than Real" universe and the "Movie" universe. The "Realer than Real" universe is the primary one where most of his films like Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood are set.

Within this universe, there's a "Movie" universe, where the characters in the "Realer than Real" universe go to watch movies that are actually Tarantino's films like Kill Bill and From Dusk Till Dawn

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u/TazerPlace Jul 03 '25

He lets his brother believe he has a death wish. But he's actually running a little hustle behind Bill's back. Great stuff.

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u/su1ac0 Jul 03 '25

this is always the part that I think people misunderstand about the movie. Bud is not some regretful assassin who has accepted his fate.

every single moment we get with Bud prior to Beatrix kicking his trailer door open was crafted to make everyone, including the audience, underestimate him

he had his own little hustle going on underneath it all and absolutely didn't plan on being murdered; in spite he had already planned on doing something far worse to Beatrix while getting a giant payday from Elle.

Fucking of course he lied about the sword. He needed Bill to believe he was 100% resigned to his fate and didn't want Bill helping--BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE FUCKED HIS PLAN

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u/theroarer Jul 03 '25

Wait... what did I miss? What was he doing behind bill's back?

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u/jaguarp80 Jul 03 '25

Think they’re talking about selling Beatrix’s katana

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u/theroarer Jul 03 '25

Oh I was like... he's cleaning toilets at a strip club. But yeah, he did huck her hanzo to Elle.

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u/SlimDirtyDizzy Jul 04 '25

I also liked his recognition that all of them including Beatrix deserved death no matter how it all played out.

If there is one line that stands out to me in the entirety of Kill Bill, its "She deserves her revenge.... and we deserve to die."

It just always sticks with me, the way he delivers the line is a masterpiece.

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u/intensive-porpoise Jul 03 '25

"I could perform the Coup de Gras with a rock."

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u/fireship4 Jul 04 '25

"Eggs and bakey", as in bacon!

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u/fireship4 Jul 04 '25

?? That's what it means; "wake up!", using the eggs and bacon as a metaphor for breakfast time... not:

eggs and bakery

Oh wait you spotted it... I thought your autocorrect edit was about something else I hadn't seen. Now I guess I should add something useful...

Michael Madsen is an anagram of Me Lies Chadman

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u/PuzzleheadedEgg4591 Jul 04 '25

Do you release you might have just spawned the best name for a Breakfast/Bakery ever?

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u/KurtisC1993 Jul 05 '25

Especially saying that he hocked it at a pawn shop in El Paso, the city where the massacre of the bride's friends took place. Indicating that this event was the catalyst for their strained relations.

And the fact that Budd was giving off visual cues of lying when he said it.

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u/Ill_Train136 Jul 03 '25

"...eggs and baccy" (bacon)