a whole new old world

Rating: 9/10 (12 October 2005)

If a pulp artist could paint a movie, he could do no better than paint Sin City. I've never seen anything like this on screen. I don't know Frank Miller's work. This was my first exposure to him. But the characters leap off the screen. They are larger than life. Mickey Rourke is beyond brilliant in what must be a career saving role. Bruce Willis is back in top form. That hot girl, hot as always. My friends and I wanted to scream blue murder at the projectionist, seeing as the first half of the movie was out of focus, but that didn't stop any of us from savoring every black and white with a splash of bold color frame.
My only beef is that the story got a bit draggy in the middle. I've read that the director shot this page for page from the graphic novel. Maybe he should have done a little nip tuck to bring this back to earth... But overall, damn! This is one good American movie.