Much entertainment is pointless, but this ...

Rating: 2/10 (29 December 2005)

is less than pointless. Sure, the images are riveting, the actors are wonderful (especially Rourke and Willis), and the style is unique, but the story is ultra-violent and with no real purpose. We are left with 2 less hours of life, and visuals seared into the mind with no redeeming value. We have an amazing visual creation that glorifies and enhances killing, that degrades women, that makes a fetish of pedophilia and in the end leaves everything unresolved. Why? I wish I had an answer, except to say that it seems to be only for the freak glory of it. I guess Basin City is everywhere. And yes, I know I'm in the minority here, but the majority is not always right.