A great stylized film noir, gripping, and intense.

Rating: 9/10 (1 April 2005)

This movie is intense, and therefore not for everybody. However, if you can handle it, and you want a gritty film noir in your face journey, boy has Robert Rodriguez cooked up a T-Bone. Besides the Brilliant, innovative, and cinematic ally orgasmic visual effects, this movie has a lot to offer. The acting is phenomenal, especially by Bruce Willis, and Benicio Del Torro, the suspense is edge of your seat. In addition, the stories, as they are in the comics, are gripping and get you going right along with the characters, which are rich in personality. The movie is simply magnificent and sets the bar for its style, if not reinventing it altogether. There are those who wont like it, buts that's because they can't handle this type of movie, or they're just into other genres, but either way this one will leave some scars. The Hype: For those of you who are fans of Robert Rodriguez and/or Quentin Terantino work, you will be blown away. For those of you who are comic book fans you will be blown away, for this is as true to Frank Miller's masterpiece as can be got.