Simply awesome.

Rating: 10/10 (7 June 2005)

I had high hopes, but I knew all too well how many comics-turned-movie that have been truly awful. Sin City laughed in the face of every expectation I had, and simply left me awestruck. I won't hesitate to call this one of the greatest movies I've had the pleasure of seeing.
The movie truly masters the all important "suspension of disbelief" or "immersion" that is the difference between a movie, and a fantastic movie. The visuals are brilliant, the characters are just spot-on, the city is brilliant, and with a story that fits the mood of the movie with absolute perfection, this is the one movie you cannot miss this year.
I could go on for hours about how the lead characters seem to have been bred specifically to appear in this movie (or how hot Devon Aoki is ;) but just go see this movie.
It's so wonderful to see movie makers do something that's "just entertainment" and do it so damned well, staying true to the heart and soul of the whole project. No force-feeding the audience with stagnant morale issues, no "all American hero" and you don't feel as if the movie wants to do anything but entertain you, like you haven't been entertained for a very long time.