Sin City DVD

Advantages: Unique visual style, violent, bloody and full of dark humour
Disadvantages: That unique style can be a little distracting at first

...the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything. You may even find a film that was very close to never getting made. Frank Miller, the author if the "Sin City" series of graphic novels this film was based on, is not a fan of Hollywood and promised that he would never sell the film rights to his graphic novels. This gave director Robert Rodriguez a bit of a problem, as he was a huge fan of the "Sin City" series and really wanted to turn ...
...get to meet Hartigan, a Sin City cop, who is nearing retirement, but on his way to rescue an 11 year old girl, Nancy, from the clutches of a paedophile, who just happens to be the son of a Senator. His partner tries to stop him, but Hartigan is going in regardless, caring nothing about his age, his heart condition or his foe and concerned only for the safety of the little girl. This is merely an introduction to a character we'll see more of later, ... Read review

Advantages: Great Story and Acting
Disadvantages: A Bit Gory for Some

Sin City is one of those films that I heard of and really wanted to go and see at the cinema but because it was technically a black and white film, nobody would come with me. Sad but true. Anyway I bought it the day it came out on DVD and let me tell you I was not disappointed. ----- What is it about and who stars in it? Reading from the back of the box. Based on Frank Miller's series of edgy graphic novels, co-directors Miller and Robert Rodriguez ...
...- Behind the scenes of Sin City. English subtitles are available on the DVD. ----- Verdict; Now this film is not from your average comic book. For those who were fans of Frank Millers graphic novels then you will know that the entire comics were in black and white. Strange for a comic book you may think but they were very violent. I have only recently just had a look at them due to being a fan of the film and was quite surprised in the content. ... Read review

Advantages: Great visuals, fantastic performances, very engrossing
Disadvantages: May be too violent for some

Sin City is just that. A city of sin. Most of the police are corrupt and those that aren't have a low life expectancy. Mercenaries come here, knowing there's bound to be someone who'll give them a job. Politicians run the mob. The clergy commit outrageous acts and get away with it. A portion of the town is run with an iron first by the prostitutes, each of whom is an expert with one or more weapons. Truly good people are thin on the ground. It's ...
...well worth checking out. Sin City the film is based on a number of graphic novels by Frank Miller, one of the comic book world's deities, ranking probably a little lower than Jack Kirby and Alan Moore. The comic books, graphic novels, books (call them what you like), have a distinctive visual style as well as a bleak outlook with a blackly humorous twist. Director Robert Rodriguez worked closely with Miller (plus a little bit of help from Quentin ... Read review

Advantages: Great cast and a technological marvel
Disadvantages: The portrayal of women, excessive violence and plotlines that occasionally drag

...the biggest, ugliest thug in Sin City goes on a rampage of revenge after the beautiful woman he's sleeping next to is murdered and he's framed for the killing. Chancer Dwight inadvertently starts a turf war by trying to protect the prostitutes that run the Old Town and good cop Hartigan is sent down the river after he takes down a corrupt senator's son who's responsible for kidnapping little Nancy Callahan. But when he gets out of prison he discovers ...
...was a time when comic book adaptations were primary coloured kid-friendly superhero tales with men in lycra slugging it out. But the times they are a changing and the adaptations have been getting increasingly dark. "Sin City" is the darkest to date and definitely one you shouldn't take your kids to see. It's a film with a heart of noir brought lovingly to life by Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller and Quentin Tarantino. Every image is a feast for the ... Read review

Advantages: Impressive visual style
Disadvantages: Amoral and boring

...medium of film. Sin City is an adaptation of Frank Miller's comics (sorry, graphic novels) of the same name. It follows the stories of three people who live in the fictional town that seems to have degraded beyond redemption. Most interesting is that the entire film was shot against green screens, inserting CGI backgrounds into every shot. It is also shot mostly in black and white with the insertion of a couple of strong colours, in keeping with ...
...Rodriguez has not simply adapted Sin City from the original comics, but nearly cut and pasted them over, and made almost no changes to the script. The effect was a bold visual impression, which remained as two dimensional as the paper it was printed on. Part of this misguided relocation of style is the narration from each central character, which smothers most of the film. It may be trying to capture the inner workings of the protagonists mind as ... Read review