Awesome movie!!!

Rating: 10/10 (13 September 2005)

I must have dropped off the map for a while as I heard very little of this movie when it was out in theaters, anyway when it came out on DVD I rented it and wow was I surprised. It's totally badass, a guy guy movie to say the least. Great story with tons of Violence, Filled with beautiful woman with some good nude T&A scenes, and a likable cast of professional actors. I will be in the theaters for Sin City 2 for sure.
What amazed me most about this movie was the amount of violence they were able to show, I think it goes back to my blood theory, meaning that the more red blood they show, the harder it is for them to get the R rating (meaning to harsh for R). So this movie is filmed similar to Sky Captain in that most of the backgrounds are CGI while the characters are real. However the movie is filmed or converted I should say to mainly black and white, but color is added in certain situations for certain things, just to shake things up. In doing this they accomplished a few things. It kept a sort of 1920's kind of feel to the movie, yet it also made it scarier in a way which was good. Plus the big factor is that they could show a guy getting shot up or beat to hell in very graphic ways, but the blood would be in black in white or some other color than red in certain scenes, IMO this enabled them to get away with showing some graphic scenes and yet keep the R rating.
This movie blew me away from start to finish as I was intrigued and glued to my seat the whole time. It goes without saying that this is a hardcore action movie, so for those who don't like action or violence in heavy amounts, take a pass on this one. However for those who thrive off heavy action / gory movies like me, then this will be a treat for you! The movie is very comic book like containing heroes & villains who are all badass in their own way and who can take and dish out quite a bit of punishment. And yet it didn't come out trashy like 90% of all the marvel comic movies that come out. A real tribute to comic book like movies and action / gore movies If you haven't seen it yet and like Action / horror / thriller movies, rent it ASAP as it is awesome