Sin City

USA 2005 — Action/Thriller — 126 min — Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Nick Stahl, Powers Boothe

Sin City is a violent city where the police department is as corrupt as the streets are deadly. We follow three stories, Hartigan, the cop with a heart of gold protecting a little girl, Marv, a tough-as-nails and impossible to kill fighter who goes on a rampage of vengeance of a beautiful woman, Goldie. Last, we have Dwight who helps some girld get rid of the body of a cop. Nothing turns out as expected.

I really liked the visual style, but most of the female cast just creeps me out. We have Jessica Alba (who luckily enough isn't in it very much) who couldn't act to save her life, and looks like something not even a blind mutant-goat would touch - with your dick. Rosario Dawson so creeps me out so much that she just must be an alien from another planet, she's not human, that's for certain. Brittany Murphy, eeeeew, get the fuck away from me you skanky diseased one-dollar whore. All their scenes are ruined by their mere presence in them. Damn that sucks.

That said, there are some nice looking women too, most notably Carla Cugino and Alexis Bledel, so not all is gloom. But enough bitching, what about the movie? Hartigan is a Bruce Willis we've not seen in many years. He seems to be enjoying it. But it's Mickey Rourke's Marv that steals his thunder. He's simply one bad-ass on steroids coupled with speed and he's totally heartless. I love it! Finally a badguy that's reeeeally bad with no regrets. Clive Owen as Dwight is another not-so-nice guy, but still a wuss compared to Marv. And Frodo as a smoking bad guy hitman, simply brilliant, as was the female ninja.

The visual style of the film will be talked about for years to come, and mimiced till our eyes run dry, rest assured. If Rodrigues only had gotten the cast dead on, it would have been a clear nine in my book. I bet it gets better with each viewing too.

My Rating: 8 / 10