"Women=T&A" + "men = guns" = nihilism

Rating: 1/10 (3 April 2005)

I have loved comic books for most of my life, and clearly, the graphics that made Miller thrive as an artist stand out in this one. But this movie should be avoided, for this movie has nothing to offer but flash, and that can be found in plenty of films with better things to say about life (e.g. Spider Man 2, Dances with Wolves, Twilight Saurai).
What are we to learn from this movie? Kill the most people and you'll be worshiped by teenage girls? Heros kill? Women are prostitutes, strippers, or doe-eyed traitors? Conflict can only be resolved through ultraviolence? Prostitution is an empowering choice for women, not one of coercion and desperation?
The characters in this movie cannot be called anything but one-dimensional, with no internal conflict, save perhaps Bruce Willis' "Hardigan" (say it: "Hard Again"). Maybe Rodriguez and Miller needed to insert that name to feel "revitalized." However, nothing in the film can be said to provide any insight into the human condition other than the sad reality that some people would like to think of the world as a nihilist dream where only the Nietzchean superman can score. Think cowboyism without the context of history. Or Schwarzenegger's masterful performance in "Commando." All pretty much the same.
There are better things to do with your money.