Sin City Movie Review 2005

Rodriguez teamed with comic legend Frank Miller to co-direct this overly literal adaptation of Miller's black-and-white crime noir series. Set in the hellishly corrupt Basin City, the plot bounces between a menagerie of unsavory anti-heroes, including Marv (Rourke), a lovable thug bent on avenging a hooker's murder; Dwight (Owen), a moralistic man-with-a-past; and Hartigan (Willis), a cop who spent eight years in prison to protect a virtuous stripper (Alba). More of a slideshow than a film, you'll marvel at how closely it resembles the comic, though the directors' fundamentalist zeal for their source material tests the audience's patience throughout. Acting and pacing are ignored while Rodriguez uses cheap-looking CGI to slavishly reproduce exact panels of Miller's art. Fanboy fervor gone too far.

Distribution

Miramax Film Corp., 8439 W Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069-1921, Phone: (323)650-2937, URL: http://www.miramax.com

Available on DVD
Running time 124 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Action-Thriller, Action-Drama, Contemporary Noir, Adapted from Comics, Private Eyes, Anthology, Police Detectives, Revenge, Oldest Profession, Strippers, Rogue Cops, Hit Men/Women

Cast

Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Rosario Dawson, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Clarke Duncan, Carla Gugino, Josh Hartnett, Rutger Hauer, Jaime (James) King, Michael Madsen, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood, Marley Shelton, Powers Boothe, Nicky Katt, Makenzie Vega, Arie Verveen, Tommy Nix, Jude Ciccolella

Cinematography

Robert Rodriguez

Director

Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller

Music

Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell, John Debney

Other

John Pritchett, Jeanette Scott, Nina Proctor

Producer

Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, Dimension Films