Rourke saves the fate of Sin City

Rating: 7/10 (4 April 2006)

Forgive me father for I have sinned, I had told people that the film "Sin City" was going to be one of the most profound realistic films about a society of corruption, egoism, and shame. Father, after I saw the film I found that to be not true. Father, even though those three elements are incorporated in Robert Rodriguez's avant-garde film "Sin City", it was not flashy or sentiment enough for me to evoke on a crusade to minimize the problems in our society. The film is comprised of three separate stories in the fictional town of Basin City. The first one fixates itself on a thug named Marv who seeks revenge on the murder of a prostitute named Goldie. Father, we should bless actor Mickey Rourke for his mesmerizing work here. Father, to quote Toni Basil "Mickey you are so fine in this film, you blow my mind, Yea Mickey". The second narrative fixates on a savor-type named Dwight McCarthy who helps a beaten waitress and ends up in a ruckus by unknowingly killing a cop in a part of Basin City controlled by prostitutes. The slick Clive Owen was sturdy as McCarthy and Rosario Dawson leaves you hooked in her work as the mama hooker Gail. The third Basin City fairy tale fixates on an aging cop named John Hartigan who is falsely charged with child molestation even though what he was trying to do was save a little girl from being raped by a monstrous pedophile. Lucy, the young girl, grows up and before you can say "albacadabra" transforms into the luscious Jessica Alba. Yes! "I Love Lucy". Hartigan eventually follows the "yellow brick road" and is a Lucysaver again by skirmishing with the pedophile who now is transformed as a horrifying villain named "The Yellow Bastard". Bruce Willis successfully plays Hartigan as a Die Hard John McClane archetype character. The film's stories are adapted from famed comic book writer Frank Miller's bizarre comic tales of Basin City. Miller co-directed the film with Rodriguez and, get this non pulp fiction, included Quentin Tarantion as a Guest Director. Father, Rodriguez is a technical innovator and should be commended for his cinematic revelations but somehow I felt bored in "Sin City". Maybe I thought that it wasn't Miller Time when I would hear the ridiculous banter of Miller's scribed words from the characters of "Sin City", or maybe it was that there was not a central message within the mildly connecting narratives , or maybe it was just that I wanted to see the "raw" version of the infamous Alba dancing on the stage scene. Father, whatever it was forgive me for my marginal critical film review of "Sin City" . *** Average