Great visual appeal, but lacks story

Rating: 6/10 (16 April 2005)

This movie has more hype than it merits. First the positives. The cinematography was amazing. The black and white with the splashes of color were great, and the green screen effects were cool. The display of neon-white blood was innovative. The women were beautiful (although the girl I went with commented on how the movie's vixens created a gender bias.)
HOWEVER, the movie lacked a real story line. The story of Sin City was actually three stories that somewhat overlapped. The stories alone, as a thirty minute episode, would have been cool, but they could not succeed all together. They were too similar. At one point, I thought that it was possible that Willis's character would end up being Marv. In reality, it was just a typical role that a few of the characters shared.
At no point was a surprised or shocked by a plot twist. There was potential to really tie the three main characters together, but it never happened.
I left the theater impressed by visuals, but disappointed overall by the movie as a whole.