Sin City
Uber stylised film noir following three hardboiled tales, based on Frank Miller's comics and co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. Starring Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba and Bruce Willis.
Ex-con Marv (Rourke) avenges a murdered prostitute, private eye Dwight (Owen) helps a red light district stay independent from the Mob, and disgraced cop Hartigan (Willis) shields a dancer (Alba) from a psychotic sadist. Extremely stylised, violent, and nearly word for word adaptation of the graphic novels.
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Review
Unlike recent adaptations of graphic novels and comics, SinCity maintains the rich illustrative qualities that absorb its cult audiences beyond the core narrative.
Shot in rich black and white, the film encapsulates the bold linear design of the comics graphics, made even more striking by the interjection of bright, effectively disruptive splashes of...
New Zealand Herald
pressNo, it's not for everyone, but its sleazy, depraved, cynical and twisted world offers the year's darkest movie thrills yet...
Los Angeles Times
pressAn exquisitely made, unbearably faddish movie that will strike joy into the hearts of all who revere amputation and apocalypse...
Empire Magazine
pressOf all the comic-book adaptations that have ever been mounted this is liable to score highest in the 'fan satisfaction' catery...
Dominion Post
pressThe originals are not adapted or interpreted but reproduced, in frame by frame facsimile...
New Zealand Herald
pressNo, it's not for everyone, but its sleazy, depraved, cynical and twisted world offers the year's darkest movie thrills yet...
Los Angeles Times
pressAn exquisitely made, unbearably faddish movie that will strike joy into the hearts of all who revere amputation and apocalypse...
Empire Magazine
pressOf all the comic-book adaptations that have ever been mounted this is liable to score highest in the 'fan satisfaction' catery...
Dominion Post
pressThe originals are not adapted or interpreted but reproduced, in frame by frame facsimile...
Review
Unlike recent adaptations of graphic novels and comics, SinCity maintains the rich illustrative qualities that absorb its cult audiences beyond the core narrative.
Shot in rich black and white, the film encapsulates the bold linear design of the comics graphics, made even more striking by the interjection of bright, effectively disruptive splashes of...
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