Easily the best yet of 2005

Rating: 10/10 (8 April 2005)

Never before has a movie captured such action and style in the way that Sin City did. The visuals were both stunning and original. Sin City featured great acting from Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Benicio Del Toro and Mickey Rourke. Each actor makes you forget any other character that they ever played. Bruce Willis became Hardigan and Clive Owen made me forget his sex-a-holic doctor from Closer as he became a great former criminal. This may slightly lend itself to the great vision laid down by Rodriguez and Miller. The 'Pulp Fiction' like story was fantastic and made me want to read some of Frank Miller's work. The film kept me grinning and jaw-dropped throughout with some witty humor showcased by Rourkes' character and also Del Toro's character (whom in one scene, while Owen drives, is a talking corpse that resembles a "human pez dispenser" and flip-flops voice tones as his head rolls around his shoulders). Another great aspect of the film which some people may find a flaw would be the unmerciful violence, but this makes the film a great 'guy movie' and added to my personal enjoyment of the film. Amazing work here from Rodriguez and Miller.