Movie #108 – Sin City (2005) - 124 min, cert 18.
Set in the fictitious Basin City, the movie consists essentially of three entirely separate stories. In one, Hartigan (Bruce Willis) is an aging cop trying to put away one last bad guy, a paedophile, before his dicky heart forces him into retirement. In another, Marv (Mickey Rourke) is a tough guy who wakes up next to a dead prostitute and goes on a bloody quest to track down the person who killed her and tried to frame him for it. In the third, Dwight (Clive Owen) is guy who finds himself struggling to maintain the delicate balance of power between the cops and the prostitutes in the red-light district.
This is a truly awesome film. Robert Rodriguez brings Frank Miller’s comic books to life with a skill that has never been approached either before or since. Every frame of film looks as if it has been lifted straight out of the graphic novels and allowed to move. Every scene drives the plot forward, and the pace is relentless. To a comic fan like myself, this has to rank as the greatest comic book adaptation to date, and there have been many.
Score – 10/10. Style and substance in abundance. If you haven’t seen this, you really should.
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