Simply Wow!

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2005)

For the first time ever i'm giving a movie a ten, and the reason is that i don't believe this movie could have been done better. I'll admit, i've never read the comic series, but having read them is not a prerequisite for watching the movie. If anything i'm glad i didn't know what was gonna happen next. The world in itself is simply awesome (think Seven, in that it's always dark, it's always raining and then add some extreme violence and film noir inspirations), and the way it is shot (greenscreen all the way), gives them a chance to make the background seem like a comic, and in this they succeed all the way. The acting's amazing (what a comeback for Mickey Rourke!), and it's probably the hottest cast of girls ever assembled in one movie! Jessica Alba is (as we already knew) a really promising actress and the biggest knockout I think i've ever seen. All the guys at the cinema i was at literally went "whoa", when she first came on in the stripper outfit! I can't wait for the DVD, when we get to see the stories, as Miller and Rodriguez really intended for us to see them, and of course the sequels that apparently will be shot back-to-back ala LOTR. I've you haven't got a weak heart or blood phobia, see this movie. You will not regret it!