Great adaptation

Rating: 8/10 (5 April 2005)

If there is anything that must be applauded about this movie, it's two major things: The cinematography and the accuracy to the comics.
When I heard about this movie, I immediately hunted down copies of Hard Goodbye and Yellow Bastard. I loved the stories, and when I saw the movie, it was like deja vu. Certain scenes look EXACTLY like the comic, and most others are relatively close. Plus, Clive Owen really looks like Dwight, (I know that because I got A Dame to Kill For,too) Another thing that makes this movie stand out is that it doesn't wuss out. If it happens in the comic, it happens in the movie, no matter how gory or racy. There are two notable exceptions, but they are understandable. One because it would be pornographic if it was in, the other because Jessica Alba won't show her boobs. But that doesn't stop the movie from being the greatest adaptation of a comic to a movie I've seen (and I have seen the Spiderman movies)
I dare say that this movie should win an award for Best Adaptation.