Sin City (2005)

Sin City (link to Amazon)
Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Viewed on 06-22-08

Sin City is a cinematic graphic novel adapted from Frank Miller's popular comics. It explores the dark and miserable town of Basin City and tells the story of three different people all caught up in the violent corruption of the city. Shot in high contrast black and white with added color accents unique to each character, Sin City was definitely created to be a visual experience. Although the Gore and Bad-Ass factor was at the high level we expected, there was a little too much unnecessary dialogue for character development. We felt that the narration scenes were much more effective and less distracting than the blatant filler person to person comic book styled dialogue that slowed the pace of the movie down. Cutting unnecessary dialogue and kissing scenes would have made for a better viewing experience, it was just a little too long. Along with the gruesome demise of the bad guys, another positive was the gratuitous bootie scenes played by Carla Gugino and Jessica Alba, but as always there could have been more.

Overall we gave it a B+ and would recommend that you see this film at your local dollar movie theater or above average home theater system.