Action film that looks like art

Rating: 10/10 (17 August 2006)

So few movies can adapt from comic to screen. But when they are done this well it is like watching art. Frank Miller wrote some great stories and Robert Rodriguez transfered them beautifully to the screen.
This is NOT a movie for kids or family time, very violent, bad language, sexuality and some creepy parts (you have to watch to find out).
A great collection of short stories with Tough guys, beautiful girls and lots of blood, fists, bullets and my favorite a Samurai sword. Some of the script reads as poetic taoism. The good guys are against the world and unappreciated, while only being good to seek revenge on those who wronged them.
Every actor brought their A-game. Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis and Elijah Wood were my favorites. I loved the actors who went from being safe happy "after school special" characters to walking on the wild side like Elijah Wood, Nick Stahl, Rosario Dawson, Alexis Bledel and the luscious Carla Gugino.
This movie has the greatness of Pulp Fiction with the visual stunning of The Crow.