This Decade's "Pulp Fiction"

Rating: 10/10 (2 April 2005)

"Sin City" rocks! It's the "Pulp Fiction" of this decade, yet still cinematicly groundbreaking. Robert Rodriquez has emerged as the greatest director of his generation. I truly believe that within a few more years his name will be right up there with Hitchcock and Spielberg.
Another similarity to "Pulp Fiction" is that this film may do for Mickey Rourke's career what PF did for John Travolta's. Rourke is terrific behind facial prosthetics that give him a "graphic novel" (the current politically correct term for "comic book") profile with a nose that remains to its tip in a perfect straight line with the forehead. Benicio Del Toro, while appearing less of a physical caricature than Rourke's character "Marv", is even more unrecognizable under his makeup. Bruce Willis perfectly inhabits his role as a tough but sensitive cop like he has done countless times before. Clive Owen shines in his heroic role as well.
And as for the ladies... what can I say, I'm now in love with Carla Gugino! Marv gets a view of her nearly naked backside as she leans over a sink - he can't stop staring (and neither could I). Not to mention what we see of her other side - whoa! Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy, et al - all dressed to accentuate their curves. Got to admit that this film got my loins to tingling several times.
Be warned, there's lots of stylish violence in the "Kill Bill" vein. If that and some nudity and sexual situations don't bother you, by all means, GO SEE "SIN CITY"!!!