Unique, Visually Stunning...

Rating: 1/10 (6 April 2005)

This film is more or less a collection of stories based on the graphic novel series. Sin City is visually stunning and does an amazing job at capturing the look and feel of the comic book series. Rodriguez succeeded in recreating the graphic novel into live action, rather than making a movie adaptation.
Although remaining true to its literary roots, certain aspects of Sin City did not translate well to the big screen. Sin City's excessive use of voice-overs creates inactivity and releases any tension or build-up which the story may otherwise have had, leaving the viewer disinterested and bored despite the multitude of violent action sequences.
If you're not a fan of the comics, you'll find that the movie is fractured such that each story has almost no connection with another. It's as if watching several short films one after another, leaving no underlying theme of the movie and no real climax.
There are a couple casting mistakes in this film but for the most part these can be overlooked. The only notable performance in the film is Mickey Rourke's portrayal of Marv. Rourke manages to make this section of the film enjoyable.
Sin City may be cinematic ally unique in what it tried to accomplish (a live action copy of a comic book), but it's not the kind of film worth watching twice unless perhaps you're a big Frank Miller fan.