Sin City (2005)
August 28th, 2006“Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything.”
Certainly unexpected, co-directed by the man who swore he’d never work with Hollywood again, Sin City is a gritty, violent film noir retelling of the comic book series of the same name. Perhaps the greatest filming of a comic book ever. 5/5 not for the squeemish.
Collecting the film versions of “Sin City”, “The Big Fat Kill” and “That Yellow Bastard” the film FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY is a unique experience. Digitally filmed and altered to look as much like the comic panels as possible this movie takes no liberties with the stories and art fans Frank Miller’s Sin City have come to love. Though love for such a violent topic as Sin City is a weird connection.
Sin City is not for everyone… it’s black and white (with colour added for effect in very few scenes) and violent as hell. With stellar acting from all involved, Bruce Willis as the retiring cop, the enticing Jessica Alba as the ever alluring Nancy Callahan.
“Skinny little Nancy Callahan. She grew up. She filled out.”
Benicio Del Toro as crazed, over the edge Jackie Boy, Clive Owen as the unlucky Dwight McCarthy, and Mickey Rourke IS Marv. Honourable but confused Marv.
Rounding out the cast is a plethora of Hollywood top picks, and Rutger Hauer (again). Many folks credit Robert Rodriguez for this movie, but in my eyes this is Frank Miller thru and thru, and I see Robert Rodriguez only as Miller’s mentor in the art of filmmaking. As with any CGI/Digital film there are parts of this I didn’t like – most specifically a scene involving Marv and a car which ended up being so over the top it pulled me out of the story. But as a fan of the comics I can not give this adaption anything but top score.