A film noir for a whole new generation

Rating: 9/10 (18 August 2005)

While Robert Rodriguez' work has not been much of an art form really, Sin City stands out not only as his best film to date, but also the must-see of 2005 and the most rebel commercial release since Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. This is truly the most faithful transcription of a graphic novel to the big screen.
Now, Rodriguez was really lucky to have the creator of the original material on-board for the project, Frank Miller, credited also as a Director (which had Roodriguez signed out of the Director's Guild of America) because it definitively would not have been the film it is without him. The cast is amazing, and also resemble the comic cast of characters incredibly well, with Mickey Rourke taking the silver screen by storm, and Benicio del Toro, Bruce Willis, and Clive Owen performing incredibly good. Also is worth noting Elijah Wood, really well directed and in a role that will take that Frodo character out of your head.
As you probably know, the movie is comprised out of three Sin City comic books: The Hard Goodbye (1), The Big fat kill (3) and That Yellow Bastard (4) with little bit of A Dame to Kill For (2). If you have read the comics, you'll be amazed of how it translated so faithfully to the screen. If you haven't you'll want to read them as soon as you finish the movie. According to the director, there's a Special Edition coming in December/05 that has some really neat stuff, including all three stories separated and viewable as individual pieces. So you should check it out. This movie is not only worth watching: it's gonna influence cinema in ways Rodriguez never imagined. Once you go to Sin City, you'll never want to leave.