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The Plot
Sin City is a comic book, no wait a “graphic novel” adaptation brought to the big screen. It’s based on the graphic novel ‘Sin City’ by Frank Miller. The cinematography is amazing. The entire movie in black & white while showing some color (mainly red) and some very appealing car driving. The film is full of fighting, guns, violence, and some gruesome scenes. It grabs your attention in the first few minutes with some violence. It also ends with some violence. Also it was confusing, I didn’t know what was going on for a little while but then I realized it was a Pulp Fiction style of story put together. It’s all based on a series of events/stories that are linked to each other in one way or another. One story is about a cops last night on the job risking his life to save an 11 year old girl from getting raped and killed. The second story is about hulk like man who spends his time trying to avenge the death of his lover… I mean hooker. The third story tells what happened to a private investigator when he ends up in the middle of a rampage of a corrupt cop vs. hookers. In the beginning of the movie the acting was pretty jerky, lame, and the words were forced. I just wasn’t feeling the acting at first, but then it got better. I was interested about 75% of the time, the rest of the time I was bored because nothing was really going on besides monotone narration. I feel they tried to make up for some bad acting and some confusing story lines with blood and guts.

Things I Learned From This Movie
- People bleed white or red
- If you use tourniquet you can remove a person’s legs and arms and they’ll still live
- Cops, Politicians, Religious icons are dirty
- Hookers can love too, and so can their sisters
- People can take bullets and get things chopped off and still live
- Smoking is bad for you
- Do not let anybody ever ever ever shoot off your reproductive organs

My Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Final Thoughts
Definitely see it when you can concentrate. If you see it in the theater I recommend a matinee.

Movie Details
Sin City
Release Date: April 1, 2005
Rating: R - sustained strong stylized violence, nudity and sexual content including dialogue
Running Time: 2 hr. 6 min.
Genre: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Cast: Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson
Director: Robert Rodriguez,Frank Miller

Links
Sin City movie trailers