Okay heres the straight story...

Rating: 10/10 (4 April 2005)

77% on rottentomatoes 8.5/10 on IMDb Two Huge Thumbs by Ebert and Roeper Great reviews from both Rolling Stone and USA Today Overall B grade by the Yahoo critic scoreboard Worst movie i have ever seen from the Christian Right. *One of these statements doesn't quite seem to fit huh? Wonder whose opinion one should take when evaluating a movie. Actual film reviews and comments from people who know a thing or two about movies or zealots who are angry about a film that is gleefully lurid and has an evil bishop *gasp* somebody better call Faux News and Sean Hanity.
As for the movie saw it in a sold out theater (guess what no one left the theater must be cause we are one of the few blue counties in Ohio huh?) Crowd cheered laughed and had a ball with this visually dazzling roller coaster that plays like a film-noir on PCP (thats a compliment to RR fully capturing the universe Miller created in his classic series of graphic novels). Mickey Rourke steals the show as Marv the Beauty and the Beast meets Frankenstein meets the Terminator protagonist of the Hard Goodbye (the most entertaining segment in my opinion). Kudos to both Nick Stahl and Frodo himself for totally disappearing in their roles. Only weak link in the cast would be Madsen who didn't really vibe with his character (Alba and Brit Murphy were only average but thats to be expected).