You beat me to it Irish
. O well, no biggie...
In short, Sin City is the most kick ass, carnage filled movie I have ever wittnessed... Ever. It is like the writers were writing and all the while asking themselves, "What would every guy in America like to see right now?" And in every scene, it delivers. From Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis tearing ass, to half naked Rosario Dawson holding a smokin machine gun... This movie has it all.
Fans of Pulp Fiction will be instantly satisfied by the Vignette type, 3 seperate but intertwined stories one after the other style. The first of the three stories stars Mickey Rourke as a mamoth ex-con who is as brute as he is ugly. Rourke's character is out to revenge a dead hooker he loved who was killed by a sinister and deadly character played by Elija Wood. This story may be the most grousome of the three, and it is the perfect way to kick off the movie.
The second story stars Clive Owen, who plays a slick and equally deadly ladies man who finds himself wrapped in a sticky bind. Owen's nemesis in the movie is his girlfriends ex-boyfriend played by Benicio Del Torro. When a band of prostitutes led by Rosario Dawson come between the two, things start to go wrong, for there is more to Del Torro's character then meets the eye.
The third story stars Bruce Willis, who I am happy to say, returns to greatness in this movie. After risking everything by heroically saving a young girl from rape and murder, Willis ends up in prison. During this time, a bond grows between he and the girl he saved. He is released after 8 years in solitary confinement, and must save the girl (who is now played by Jessica Alba) from the very same peril once again. Nick Stahal masterfully plays the villain in this story, and impresses me for the first time in his career.
The way in which this movie was done, also made it great. It was mostly black and white, and it was heavilly narrated by the stars of the three stories. This and other unique characteristics are what make it one of the most original movies ever made. I cannot say enough about how much ass this movie truly kicked. The only complaint I have is that it had a tendency to be a little predictable. That aside, it was a cinematic masterpiece. I would recommend it to anybody.
10/10
