Great Comic Movie!

Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2005)

Sin City was a great comic, and thus, a great movie. It isn't a realistic drama nor is it another Kill Bill type action fest. Instead, its an odd mixture of 50's noir; hard boiled cops (Hartigan) and tough guys (Marv) along with a host of other typical noir characters fight for their women in a city full of corruption and sin. Its a merger of old school noir and modern day action, and what a mixture it is. The cinematography is superb, with some really striking imagery (white silhouettes instead of regular black ones is one of the easiest examples of this stylistic approach).
All in all, its an excellent tribute to the comic, which itself is a great tribute to the noir genre of film.