Outstanding

Rating: Null/10 (10 August 2005)

I initially didn't think I was going to like this. I knew it was a series of fairly unconnected stories, and the first two seemed to occupy about five minutes each. I thought the whole movie would carry on that way, and if so it would have been a disjointed mess. Fortunately it settles down quickly - and later on it returns to the little bits and develops them fully to boot.
Overall, I loved it. It's got a very weird visual style, over the top characters, gritty as all hell plots. Don't look for heroes in this movie - there are none. Sin City is a place where everybody gouges everybody else every chance they get, because it's the only way you get even a slim chance to stay alive. If there was a real city like this, no sane person would go within a hundred miles of it - but it's the kind of place that sucks people in and traps them there even as it breaks them down.
It all falls apart if you stop to think about it, but you don't stop to think about it so that's not a problem. Best film I've seen in ages.