'That's one damn fine looking coat youre wearing....'

Rating: 10/10 (29 March 2020)

Has to be one of the greatest graphic novel adaptations ever made; cinematic yet faithful to the source and a crazy experience! Set up as four different stories (The Customer Is Always Right, The Hard Goodbye, The Big Fat Kill and That Yellow B******) all intermingling, its a masterpiece in gritty noir storytelling and the best use of voiceover you're ever likely to hear! It's hard to choose a favourite section as they blend seamlessly and it's really well crafted. The cast are fantastic; from the opening tinged with seductive romance starring Josh Hartnett and Marley Shelton, the document of a tired Sin City Cop who has one last mission to exact justice on starring Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba, the iconic Marv seeking retribution for his murdered lover starring Mickey Rourke and Jaime King, a man seeking revenge on a sadistic drunk starring Clive Owen, Benicio Del Toro and Rosario Dawson. That's just the beginning of the talent with great supporting roles all over too, particularly Elijah Wood and Devon Aoki as Deadly Little Miho! I think what makes this stand out also is that every character is fully rounded; it'd be easy for something like this to be all style over substance but it is lovingly made with a passion for telling the characters story while being a fast-paced piece of entertainment.It's full of action and is a beautifully unique visual experience; I think it may be Rodriguez's definitive masterpiece co-directed wonderfully with Sin City creator Frank Miller and featuring a delightfully blackly comic sequence directed by Quentin Tarantino! It's a must see for comic book and film fans alike