SIN CITY is film noir for the 21st Century

Rating: 9/10 (31 March 2005)

If you've seen the trailers for this film and expected that this is going to be yet another comic book movie, then you have definitely come to the wrong conclusion. SIN CITY is a realistically brutal no-holds-barred crime and revenge graphic novel come to life.
This collaborative effort from the creative minds of Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller takes film noir into an evolutionary direction that can and should be appreciated by many of today's moviegoers.
From the opening title segment to closing its scene, you are quickly submerged into a very dark and corrupt world (like it or not) that many Frank Miller fans have honored through text and illustration for years.
Fans of Robert Rodriguez will instantly recognize and appreciate his brilliant cinematography and editing, which accomplishes the goal in weaving together elements from various Miller stories (such as "Sin City", "A Dame To Kill For", "The Big Fat Kill", and "That Yellow Bastard") to produce a very fulfilling anti-hero flick.
This mini-epic also does a great job of getting into the heads and hearts of a few key characters to create a viewer bond that is almost unbreakable until the end of the film. Crowd favorites, such as an aging tough as nails cop named John Harrington (played by Bruce Willis), and the brutish Marv (played by Mickey Rourke) are guaranteed to have you looking around each corner for them as they try to reach their paths to justice. By any means necessary.
That being said it is only fair to warn the more critical viewer that some scenes may seem a bit cold and without morals, but that is because you are in Sin City and that is supposed to be that way. So respect this film for what it is, and save your critiques for that other film down the block that is looking for an academy award nomination.
Favorite Quote: "I love hit men. No matter what you do to 'em, you don't feel bad" - Marv

James Lane, HotIndieNews.com