Gorgeously filmed, Brutally violent

Rating: 7/10 (31 March 2005)

I can't say that this is the best film I have seen in my entire life but it does bring the comic book to the big screen in a spectacular manner. The screen shots alone make this movie worth seeing. This film requires some suspension of disbelief and as soon as you do that it jumps out of the screen and brings it to life. If your into comic books, even a little, you will like this movie. If you think their for geeks who play dungeons and dragons, save your money. Back to the actual look of the movie, the use of color in the film is deliberate and allows for the suspension of disbelief to continue which adds a tremendous element to the film. While the movie is in black and white, it helps to disguise the violence which happens every other second in the film. I am going to assume that the violence will be the biggest criticism of the film, and I can easily see why. I, however, would say that it truly describes the place of BaSIN City which is full of crime and evil people doing evil things and the heroes that try and make the world a better place, whether for others or them self I'll let you decide. This movie is groundbreaking in the way it was filmed and for the most part the story is intriguing and involving. I was a little disappointed with the flow of the three original stories being forced together in the film; I think they should have taken liberties from the comic books and blended the stories a bit more together. I enjoyed the film even though I didn't agree with a lot of it morally. It shows how corrupt things can become and how naive we are to react to it and blame those that may actually be in the right. Like every good comic, its good against evil, its just that everyone has blood on their hands in this movie.