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3/4
Sin City
Bizarro - wrote on 10/23/11
Film noir is a very exciting element to tackle in any film, as it can easily make or break the atmosphere that's being tried to achieve. And in Sin City, an adpatation of Frank Miller's acclaimed graphic novel series, Rodriguez succeeds with flying colours.
To be precise, it's more of an adaptation of film to fit into the dark, shady world created by Miller, seeing as that's the best possible way of bringing the source material to life. And Rodriquez acchieved this to the best possible level by hiring Miller to co-direct. ( Miller in actual fact said the only way Sin City would get made is if he was directing it )
Full points to Rodriguez for assembling such an ensemble to bring Sin City to life as well. The film is categorized into three different yet interjoining stories. It kicks of with Mickey Rourke as Marv, a convicted criminal on a rampage after his one-night-stand, Goldie ( Jaimie King ), is murdered in her sleep by the cannibal Kevin ( Elijah Wood, saying not a single word in the entire film ). It then goes into Clive Owen's Dwight storyline, where he teams up with a gang of killer whores, led by Rosario Dawson's Gale, as they fight a bloody turf war with mercenaries, whose leader is Manute ( Michael Clarke Duncan ) The film then concludes with Hartegan's story, played superbly by Bruce Willis, in which he searches for Nancy ( Jessica Alba ) in order to protect her from a deformed rapist, played with a little to much pleasure by Nick Stahl.
Great supporting turns from the rest of the cast, including Brittany Murphy, Josh Hartnett, Rutger Hauer and especially Benicio Del Toro, who turns Jackie Boy into the highlight of the film.
Propably the best to come out of Rodriguez in a long time and one of the best comic book adaptations of all time.
