Style over substance? Hell yeah!

Rating: 8/10 (12 October 2005)

For some reason Robert Rodriguez is not interested at all in making an intellectually challenging movie but just plain good entertainment extravaganza and there is nothing wrong with that. Bergman should do Bergman films and Rodriguez his own, because people need them both. While Sin City is probably his deepest work to date (which is not saying much) it also happens to be an amazing piece of entertainment and visual masturbation. It's so striking to look at, that you feel your eyes bleed after a while. Its good old fashion pulp noir with a 21st century feel. Thank God it is rated R (a PG 13 would have truly ruined it)