It's not 'entertainment' to me

Rating: 1/10 (10 August 2005)

I watch movies to be entertained, and this one definitely did NOT. It was one of the most unpleasant and disgusting movie viewing experiences in the 40 years I've been watching. Everyone suffers and everyone is bloody, either causing it or being it! Even the film noir, black and white imagery idea is tainted by the concentration on colorized blood and gore. The setting has no redeeming value and the action is as repetitive and monotonously disgusting as the three main actor's one dimensional performances. They sound and act the same, and were completely unsympathetic. The bad guys were evil, the 'good guys' were evil, the plot was evil, the city was evil; I really found nothing enjoyable about the movie at all, because everybody loses. Even the ones who survive still have to live in the hell-hole, cesspool of Sin City. Where's the redemption? Where's the triumph? It was exhaustively depressing to sit through! I guess it's partially my fault because I saw the cast list and looked forward to it so much.......consequently, the disappointment was magnified. If you think Q. Tarantino, Tobe Hooper, Joel M. Reed or Phillip Brody movies are the bomb, this one's for you. But if you aren't a gore-fest, no plot or character development shlock worshipper, see something else. Just IMHO..................