Rodriguez defines coolness new !!

Rating: 9/10 (18 August 2005)

First I have to say that Sin City was my most wanted ever since the first teaser appeared. I was so inspired by this mixture of a real movie and comic that I watched every single trailer or whatever I could get ;). So finally the movie released and I could find out if my expectations would be fulfilled. First I have to say that it's a very violent movie and in some scenes a bit to explicit, even for me. However, this was known from reviews before and so you could avoid going in the movie if you don't like such stuff. Another thing which was known was the unusual comic-style. In one word: AMAZING. It fits perfectly to this evil city and the dark characters. Also the colored patches where perfectly made so that they fit in the movie. The movie itself contains three parts from which all have different characters. First is Marv, the coolest character ever in a movie. He doesn't know what pain means and so he does everything to get revenge for his dead girlfriend Goldie. That leaves a track of devastation and corpses behind. Next one is Dwight. He helps the "girls" of Sin City to hush up a murder which endangers the armistice between them and the police. The last one is Hartigan, a retired cop who tries to save a girl from a psycho. Every episode is a masterpiece for itself. They are all darkly and every character shows his bad sides, so nobody has a white waistcoat in the end. It's not about heroes but about people who fight for their conviction.