Starring Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Nick Stah
Director Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
MPAA Rating R
Running Time 124 minutes

‘Sin City’ was how I felt one-quarter of the way through this film. I hadn’t heard much about the film, other than watching a couple trailers. I had hoped it was going to be Kill Bill meets The Punisher (from the comic book, not the bad movie flop.) Instead, I was taken on a ride that easily lived up to the films name.

The movie takes place in a dark, rainy place called Sin City. The film is an adaptation from Frank Miller's comic books (graphic novels is what they call them in the credits) and it follows three interconnecting stories. The list of stars is A list material with Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Benicio Del Toro and down from there to Mickey Rourke and others.

Cannibalism, decapitation, molestation, prostitution, murder, abuse, drunkenness, debauchery and just about every other sin you can think of was packed in this 124-minute wicked-fest. Now I understand this is what we should expect from a culture that has flipped God the middle finger, while we live in our sin-drenched lives where people no longer fear God. But even with that understanding, I have to confess there was a time I realized this film had gone too far and I needed to leave the theater. Well, I didn’t and at the end of the film I felt miserable.

Swirling in the graphic blood-soaked scenes was a moral message straight from hell. Good was bad, bad was good, justice was perverse, the Church corrupt (the local Cardinal sanctioned and participated in the kidnapping of prostitutes, next they are decapitated and then finally they eat their flesh), cops were on the bad guys payroll and the good guys were the murderers. This movie has so twisted the designs of God, I could only imagine the liberty it offers viewers who now have a new low of humanity to look at with pride and say, “Well I’m not as bad as…”

The primary motivation to write this review is to recommend that you not see this film. In our desire to be ‘culturally relevant’ often we do this knowing we enter into a world of sinners, but you don’t need to see this film to learn about the wicked world we live in.

i think you all should get over yourselves. if it wasn't your thing, don't go to see it. come on, are you really that thin skinned and uptight? don't be so touchy. it's a MOVIE. it is a work of FICTION. enjoy it for what it is. personally, i loved the movie, and so did my fiancee, who went to see it with me. she was just as happy to go see it as i was. you should check a review or find out what the movie is about before you go to view it. get a summary. you people are so easily offended.
--sin ( annoyedwithchristians at getbent dot com ) on 7/8/2005; 7:30:31 PM

I hope you don't mind if I both agree w/ your vocal advice about discouraging people from seeing this movie, but also disagree w/ the total write off of it. I sat through it, and yes there were plenty of hard parts to stomach. I could also say the same thing for the book of Revelation, had I been born in 1st Century Asia Minor. I beleive in being wise, and not every movie is worth paying the money or encouraging people to go see; but, I think this one deserves a closer look, and a more critical critique.

For example - what values were upheld by the characters in the movie? And just who were the "good" guys and "bad guys" of the film? I find it rather funny that the story line follows the lives of three characters - after they have had some life-altering experience. Are we to judge the worldview of the movie based on the outer garb of the good guys (cussers, drinkers, murderers), or their hearts & intentions & values? Every story communicates a worldview - a way/grid to interpret life. I personally found this movie very interesting when sifting through the "garb"-age that clothes it.

Chris G.
--Chris ( cgensh1 at yahoo dot com ) on 5/9/2005; 9:00:37 PM

Thanks for the review -- and sitting through the film so my wife and I didn't have to do it. I owe you fifteen bucks for the film, five for refreshments, and an evening of babysitting anytime I'm in SoCal.
--brooks ( brooks at brookshanes dot com ) on 4/29/2005; 11:32:55 PM

Agreed. Wish I hadn't stayed all the way through this one. Should have known better.
--bill ( billbean at indychurch dot org ) on 4/29/2005; 1:14:12 PM