Frank Miller: The Movie

Rating: 7/10 (24 November 2015)

Comic book movie or not, "Sin City" has got style coming out of its pores. It's a vast understatement to call this an adaptation; translation is more apropos, as if Robert Rodriguez physically lifted the content from the page and threw it up on the big screen. Whole panels are right up there for all to see. If Frank Miller painted the figurative picture of a city that no sane person would want to live in, the movie does it justice and adds the necessary realism to populate it with Hollywood actors. Its only weakness is that the viscera bogs things down after a while.
But this movie's a treat for the cast alone, which is top-notch. Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis are ideal choices for Marv and Hartigan (respectively). Rosario Dawson's warrior woman is something else (man, oh man). I can't really think of a weak like in this group. I have to say that Brittany Murphy was my favorite here; she has the toughness and the vulnerability for the role, but she also has a real presence. That says an awful lot when she's able to stand out among heavy hitters like these.
7/10