A hypnotic masterwork!

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2005)

Frank Miller's Sin City plays more like a comic than a film, but in this case it really gels together providing a hypnotic masterwork. Every frame in this film is art, it's violent, it's nasty and it's beautiful! Robert Rodriguez should be commended for his dedication to the original source material - as notorious as it may be.
Sin City is not for everyone, it's very violent and not for the kiddies. It's a berserk noir amped thriller, packed with hard-boiled tough guys and seductive dames in a world where nothing, and I mean nothing is sacred. The film is also packed with many stars, including Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Brittany Murphy, Benicio Del Toro, Elijah Wood and Mickey Rourke  whose portrayal as the merciless Marv steals the show. They say walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything, what I found was a gem, through and through.