"Walk down the right back alley in Sin City, and you can find anything."

Rating: 9/10 (31 December 2008)

As I have previously stated, I am a comic book fan, and one of few girls to be so. I love blood, and violence, and gore, and fighting, and all that other stuff. I read by someone who commented on this movie that it was sexist against females, and the only people who could possibly enjoy this movie were males. To that, I say to you: I am a GIRL, and I enjoyed this movie.
Yes, there will be blood. Is that supposed to shock you? It shouldn't. Yes, there is violence. The title suggests that and more. But if you think to take a look at the comic book, the book has that too.You're not required to like it, or watch it. If you don't like violence, or blood, or gore, go watching something else. I rest my case.
I LOVED this movie. What a stunning display of cinematography! First of all, I love the stylized representation of the film in general. You feel as if you had actually been sucked into the comic book. I also love how Robert Rodriguez, who I am a fan of, chose to highlight certain colors to bring out the feel of the movie, such as red, blue and yellow. I also liked the way in which the movies were shot. It may surprise some, or perhaps not, to know that this entire movie is one of the first to be shot almost entirely on green screen with a digital film screening system. The backgrounds, the city...all digital. What an achievement. And for those who bought the Extended Version of this movie like I did, you can view the entire movie in green screen (fast-foward motion, by the way) to see how they achieved certain things in principal photography. Get the Extended Version, you won't be sorry. I wasn't. Yes, it was very violent. But so was Saw, and people enjoyed that. 90% of movies today have some amount of violence in them. But the violence, however overdone it may appear, is inevitable if you were to be shooting a comic book such as Sin City. The same amount of violence is present in the comic book as well. Check if you don't believe me. Yes, there was nudity. Perhaps that is where many girls got up and left the theater, or called it "sexist". As to me, I just sort of looked the other way and said to my boyfriend: "Those poor girls.They'll have all the perverted guys knowing them forever now." Newsflash to the same people who called this sexist and pornographic:
1. It is a comic book. What do you expect?
2. It is an R-rated movie. Of course there will be some risqué scenes it!
3. Pornography isn't shown in public movie theaters.
Just like the comic book, this movie has (4) stories:
1. "The Customer is Always Right": A hit-man (Josh Hartnett) is dispatched to kill a broad (Marley Shelton) who fears that she is in danger from someone else.
2. "The Hard Goodbye": A tough-guy (Mickey Rourke) wakes up to discover that the seductive, gorgeous woman he happened to pick up that night (Jamie King) has been silently murdered by a stealthy, cannibalistic serial killer (Elijah Wood), and tries to work his way down to the truth of it all.
3. "The Big Fat Kill": A barmaid (Brittany Murphy) runs into trouble with an ex (Benicio del Toro), and her new boyfriend (Clive Owen) helps prostitute Gail (Rosario Dawson) and fellow prostitutes fight mob-men in the alleyways of Sin City.
4. "That Yellow Bastard": Determined ex-cop (Bruce Willis) relives how he met the love of his life (Jessica Alba) by saving her from a rapist, and works hard to save her once again from a mutated, sadistic killer (Nick Stahl).
*: There is a minor scene at the end of the movie that was added specifically for the movie, featuring one traitorous (see "The Big Fat Kill" story) prostitute (Alexis Bledel) and the fate that befalls her from a certain hit-man (Josh Hartnett).
The cast that made up these stories were exceptional. What really took me by surprise was seeing Mickey Rourke as the perfect incarnation of Marv. Who knew Rourke could box and act? I also was really amazed by the fierceness and kick-ass fighting of the women in "The Big Fat Kill". That's right, the WOMEN were the best ass-kickers in the whole movie. Even the guys will agree. Still think this movie is a sexist film? This movie is certainly not a family film, but for those who can appreciate it, it's one hell of a ride.
9/10 stolen trench-coats. Take a tour of Sin City.