Sin City

Rating: Null/10 (1 April 2005)

Sin City, is based upon the comics of the same name by Frank Miller, who also co-directed the film. The film is in black and white and looks like a film noir from the 40's. All the male characters are tough as nails and smoke and wear trench coats and all the female characters are scantily dressed prostitutes. There is only some things in the movie that show colour such as a character's blue eyes or a red dress on a character. The story has several different stories all involving a lot of action and a lot of energy. Sin City, has good direction. a good script, good performances from everyone involved, good original music, good cinematography, good film editing, good set decoration and good makeup and visual effects. Sin City, is an excellent looking movie with it's costumes, sets, makeup and black and white cinematography that looks like it has come right out of the 40's. It should definitely be nominated for some awards just for the way the film looks. The film took a little while for me to get into because it starts right off with a bang and has non stop action which at first I found hard to get into because it was hard to get character development and concentrate on one thing for too long. But by the third story starring Clive Owen, and Benicio Del Toro, I was into the movie and was enjoying this very exciting and energy pumped ride. The film is extremely unique and original, is well made, has great dialogue, has interesting characters, is an interesting film to look at, is a very entertaining film, is fun, exhilarating, has some funny moments and is a visually stunning and entertaining film. The film is very violent and is not for young kids but I have been told it is very faithful to the comic books it is based on and having not liked many movies based on comic books I can tell you that this one holds out, and it holds out well and is really a very good film. One of the most entertaining films of the year so far and also one of the most original.