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I would say that he passes by writing male dialogue for his female characters. Real life assassins are men, as are people who go on 'rip-roaring rampages of revenge'. Passing the bechdel test is easy, as long as you don't require that any of your characters behave in ways that real women do.
I'm tempted to point out that Kill Bill is wildly unrealistic regardless of the sex of the characters, but I basically think you are more or less correct here.
That being said, I think this observation is basically consistent with my overall hypothesis.
To illustrate, suppose (1) in one movie, two characters of the same sex are having a discussion about the best way to get into a bank vault and steal the MacGuffin; and (2) in another movie, two characters of the same sex are talking about how one of them received a text message from an ex and is wondering whether or not to meet that person for lunch.
Which these is more likely to be "male dialogue"? Which of these is more likely to be in a movie which is oriented towards male audiences? Probably your answer is (1) because in real life, women do not plan heists. And in real life, heist movies tend to be more oriented towards male audiences.
In other words, it seems to me that the tendency of movies to fail the Bechdel Test is not so much due to invidious anti-female bias but rather a difference in male and female proclivities and interests.
It reminds me of Star Trek television show (or was it a movie?) a few years back where early on there was a scene of two female officers on an alien planet facing some kind of hostile terrain together. It seemed highly likely at the time that the scene was shoehorned in so that the show could pass the Bechdel Test. But I am pretty sure you would call this "male dialogue." In the sense that when a member of an armed service is sent on a dangerous mission on hostile terrain, it's normally a man.
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