Guilty pleasure

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2005)

SIN CITY is a joy to watch, especially for fans of the original graphic stories. Its a guilty pleasure though, with such over the top violence, and women out of a geek fan boy's wildest dreams, you have to wonder if you should be enjoying it so much. Thank goodness such a wild movie can still be made in such politically-correct days as these. As a movie it's hard to really rate it so highly, but this film can't be judged like other movies, this is a new strange cinematic beast. I give it 10 for the sheer audacity of the film-makers. If only Kubrick were alive to play with these new cinematic toys, what on Earth would he conjure up? These digital/green-screen/cgi movies are the future, it seems, and hopefully a new generation of Kubricks will flex their muscles on the brave new cinematic world ahead. In the meantime, I hear we will be getting SIN CITY 2 & 3. Can't wait.