Carradine did a phenomenal job in both movies.
Even if for people who don't like Tarantino as a director it's a great action-adventure flick.
One film is mostly narrative, and back-story-exploring the chain of events that led each character to the position he/she occupies in the plot-while the other is mostly a shoot-'em-up kung fu/spaghetti Western.
But even the violent aspects of the film have been overhyped, IMO.
There's a lot of it-to be sure-but it's cartoon violence, more akin to Manga than Reservoir Dogs.
There are a few particularly gross scenes, but nothing that graphic.
Sometimes, I have weekends where all I want to do is watch movies, so maybe that's a good thing to get for one of those weekends. I just veg out in front of the TV and put in one movie after another.