Super cool

Rating: 9/10 (1 March 2012)

Sin City is a Frank Miller graphic comic brought to the screen by Miller as co-director along with Robert Rodriguez. It is violently entertaining ride from start to finish. Mickey Rourke is Marv, wearing such incredible prosthetics, that I didn't realize it was him until I read the credits. There are several story lines and Rourke's is my favorite. He awakens next to a murdered prostitute and is framed by corrupt policemen. He is in and out of the story while seeking the real killer and uncovering a web of deception.
The second most interesting character is Rutger Hauer as Cardinal Patrick Henry Roaring, a rather nasty man of the cloth with disgusting tastes; a deeply disturbed individual. The confrontation between the Cardinal and Marv(Rourke) is one of the most vicious and memorable scenes since Michael Madsen's ear cutting scene in "Reservoir Dogs." Of course co-director Rodriguez is good friends with Quentin Tarantino's, and Q.T. directed one of the segments here.
Bruce Willis also appears as a older cop in bad health trying to save a stripper played by the beautiful Jessica Alba, in a father-daughter relationship which is one of the plot lines from Miller's books.
Many other characters appear including Brittany Murphy and Rossario Dawson as prostitutes and the aforementioned Michael Madsen as a cop. The ensemble is without weakness and this looks like a comic book translated to film with vivid colors of same. A sequel is in the works and I have high expectations.