Not for the weak or easily queasy.

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2008)

I'm a fan of comic books and superhero movies, but never had the pleasure of reading any of Frank Miller's graphic novels of Sin City or 300. With this film however, I can rank in with my other favorite comic book movies but for those who enjoy watching Batman Begins or Spider-Man 2, it's not for the very easy queasy.
Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez direct this movie with Quentin Tarantino as a special guest director with an all star cast featuring Jessica Alba, Alexis Bledel, Bruce Willis, Michael Clarke Duncan, Michael Rourke, Clive Owen, Rosario Dawson and others where if you've seen the directors films from "Desperado", "Pulp Fiction", or "From Dusk Till Dawn", you're in for a real nice surprise.
"Sin City" uses three stories from the comic book series, each telling three different points of view connecting all the characters in one rotten city.
The first story is about Marvin portrayed by Michael Rourke, a grunge man who is framed for murdering a stripper and not knowing about it. The funny thing is he's asleep when it happens. So Marvin goes all over town asking bad-ass hookers left and right where he meets one played by Carla Gugino. They go in search for the murderer where they realize that a cannibal (Elijah Wood) and a priest are involved.
The second story tells the story of Dwight (Clive Owen) who finds out that the girl he is seeing (Brittany Murphy) is dating a corrupt cop named Jackie Boy (Benicio Del Toro) who beats the hell out of Brittany Murphy's character and wants revenge. Dwight doesn't exactly kill Jackie Boy, but instead a group of hookers (the same ones Marvin met) led by Gail played by Rosario Dawson, kills Jackie Boy after his posse tries to harass one of the girls. Dwight and Gail are in shocked once they find out that the cop is connected with the rest of the good and bad officers along with the mafia in the city and if they find out that their own was killed, all hell will be broken loose.
The third story shows Hardigan's (Bruce Willis) point of view as a washed up cop whose been out of the force after an incident involving a young Nancy Callahan (an older version is played by Jessica Alba) and the senator's son (Nick Stall) where Nancy was kidnapped before Hardigan saved the day by injuring the senator's son in places he can't grow; not until his partner played by Tarantino regular Michael Madsen injures him leaving him almost dead. The story involves Hardigan going in the line of duty to see Nancy one more time before realizing that her life is in danger.
The film is shot in black and white where the only colors that show are detailed items from blood, pens, vehicles and anything that isn't human.
Nonetheless, this is a one of the coolest comic book movies from Frank Miller to come up on screen while i stand by my decision when i say this is not a typical comic book movie.