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Sin City (2005)

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Reviews Counted:232

Fresh:179

Rotten:53

Average Rating:7.4/10

Consensus: Visually groundbreaking and terrifically violent.

Rated: 18 [See Full Rating] for sustained strong stylized violence, nudity and sexual content including dialogue

Runtime: 2 hrs 27 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:03-06-2005

Synopsis: Adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novels, SIN CITY is Robert Rodriguez's striking film noir infused with fantasy, taking place in a world where it is eternally nighttime and everything is... Adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novels, SIN CITY is Robert Rodriguez's striking film noir infused with fantasy, taking place in a world where it is eternally nighttime and everything is drenched in rain and violence. Using a unique combination of silvery black and white digital photography with occasional flashes of bright color for dazzling punctuation, Rodriguez employs green screen techniques and paints a backdrop around each scene, using Miller's co-direction as his cue to match the original setting as closely as possible. Three stories weave together, occasionally overlapping. With lines delivered flatly in the hard-boiled style of Raymond Chandler, these tales are about crime, love, loss, and being preternaturally tough. In the most caustically dramatic segment, Mickey Rourke plays the fearlessly lovestruck Marv, a trenchcoat-clad beast who falls in love with prostitute Goldie (Jaime King) only to find her murdered by a demonic cannibal (Elijah Wood). In another segment, Bruce Willis plays Hartigan, a rogue cop with a "bum ticker" whose goal in life is to save Nancy (Jessica Alba), an innocent stripper, from a murderous rapist (Nick Stahl). The third segment stars Clive Owen as a detective caught between murdered cop Jackie Boy (Benicio Del Toro) and a slew of lethally dangerous vixens lead by Gail (Rosario Dawson). With blood spurting white, yellow, and yes even red; a roster of hot actors that goes on and on; and sound editing that makes you feel like you're the one being punched in the face, SIN CITY is a gift for fans of Miller's art, loaded with style and grit. [More]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson

Starring: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Frank Miller, Benicio Del Toro, Clive Owen, Brittany Murphy, Nick Stahl, Alexis Bledel, Devon Aoki, Elijah Wood, Michael Clarke Duncan, Carla Gugino, Michael Madsen, Josh Hartnett, Arie Verveen

Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez

Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Composer: John Debney, Graeme Revell, Robert Rodriguez
Studio: Dimension Films

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If Raymond Chandler and Daffy Duck could have produced a child, Sin City would be their baby.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
05/12/06
Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker
New York Magazine

It is bare, and bold, and necessary.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Greg Wilson
Greg Wilson
Film Threat

An instant movie classic.

Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
12/06/05
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

What an electric cast!

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
KJ Doughton
KJ Doughton
Film Threat

Su verdadera fuerza radica en una historia que refleja el grado de degradación social, espiritual y emocional al que podemos llegar los habitantes de las grandes ciudades.

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
11/25/05
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

Its creators invent a queasily intoxicating new world.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
Keith Phipps
Keith Phipps
AV Club

Si bien impresiona su deslumbrante estilo visual, luego de un rato no sólo no sorprende sino que las historias lucen irregulares y reiterativas.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
09/19/05
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

Is Sin City the most accomplished mediocre movie in recent history?

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
08/31/05
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

There are three types of performances in "Sin City". There are the satisfactory, the passable and the women.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
08/07/05
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

For all its excesses, the movie is enormously fascinating, mostly entertaining, and always a delight to the eyes and ears (if not always to the stomach).

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
08/05/05
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

SINiestra, pero SINsacional

Full Review Source: Cinenganos | comment Comment
07/29/05
Luis Martinez
Luis Martinez
Cinenganos

Comic, sexy, and ultraviolent -- one of the best films of the year!

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
07/21/05
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
rec.arts.movies.reviews

A stunning explosion of black and white, with splashes of red.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
07/11/05
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile

If you can look past its veneer of shed blood, broken bodies and the rat-a-tat-tat talk of its hardboiled tough guys, Sin City is a thing of savage beauty.

Full Review Source: Palm Beach Daily News | comment Comment
06/30/05
Frank Houston
Frank Houston
Palm Beach Daily News

Deixa de ser um entretenimento escapista (embora funcione bem neste nível) e torna-se palco de uma curiosa – e inesperada – discussão sobre as relações entre os sexos.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
06/07/05
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Can bring more pain than satisfaction.

Full Review Source: New Yorker | comment Comment
05/21/05
Anthony Lane
Anthony Lane
New Yorker

I was thoroughly entertained.

Full Review Source: Zertinet Movies | comment Comment
05/11/05
Steven Snyder
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies

Sigmund Freud probably would have had a field day with this one.

Full Review Source: Broomfield Enterprise | comment Comment
05/02/05
Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi
Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi
Broomfield Enterprise

For those with a penchant for pulp, Sin City is one guilty pleasure.

Full Review Source: Oregon Herald | comment Comment
04/27/05
Mark Sells
Mark Sells
Oregon Herald

[I]f you go for the dimensionless, porny style, hey, unbuckle and enjoy.

Full Review Source: Blogcritics.org | comment Comment
04/27/05
Alan Dale
Alan Dale
Blogcritics.org
 
 
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