Sadism masquerading as art

Rating: Null/10 (10 April 2005)

Rodriguez has reached the nadir of his career with this sadistic, sophomoric trash. The only thing interesting about it is the black-and-white cinematography, similar to that of last year's "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow." After two hours of non-stop, over-the-top, cartoon-like violence, I felt dirty leaving the theater. I'm not familiar with the graphic novel genre, other than the Tom Hanks film "The Road to Perdition." That film had real characters and genuine interactions between them. The violence was necessary to the telling of the story, unlike this film where the violence is the story. This piece of junk has no redeeming qualities. Avoid it!