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  • Actors: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba
  • Directors: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
  • Format: Black & White, Colour, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, Italian
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Sep 2005
  • Run Time: 119 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (142 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0009I6UYS
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,252 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Brutal and breathtaking, Sin City is Robert Rodriguez's stunningly realized vision of Frank Miller's pulpy comic books. In the first of three separate but loosely related stories, Marv (Mickey Rourke in heavy makeup) tries to track down the killers of a woman who ended up dead in his bed. In the second story, Dwight's (Clive Owen) attempt to defend a woman from a brutal abuser goes horribly wrong, and threatens to destroy the uneasy truce among the police, the mob, and the women of Old Town. Finally, an aging cop on his last day on the job (Bruce Willis) rescues a young girl from a kidnapper, but is himself thrown in jail. Years later, he has a chance to save her again.

Based on three of Miller's immensely popular and immensely gritty books (The Hard Goodbye, The Big Fat Kill, and That Yellow Bastard), Sin City is unquestionably the most faithful comic-book-based movie ever made. Each shot looks like a panel from its source material, and director Rodriguez (who refers to it as a "translation" rather than an adaptation) resigned from the Directors Guild so that Miller could share a directing credit. Like the books, it's almost entirely in stark black and white with some occasional bursts of color (a woman's red lips, a villain's yellow face). The backgrounds are entirely digitally generated, yet not self-consciously so, and perfectly capture Miller's gritty cityscape. And though most of Miller's copious nudity is absent, the violence is unrelentingly present. That may be the biggest obstacle to viewers who aren't already fans of the books and who may have been turned off by Kill Bill (whose director, Quentin Tarantino, helmed one scene of Sin City). In addition, it's a bleak, desperate world in which the heroes are killers, corruption rules, and the women are almost all prostitutes or strippers. But Miller's stories are riveting, and the huge cast--which also includes Jessica Alba, Jaime King, Brittany Murphy, Rosario Dawson, Benicio Del Toro, Elijah Wood, Nick Stahl, Michael Clarke Duncan, Devin Aoki, Carla Gugino, and Josh Hartnett--is just about perfect. (Only Bruce Willis and Michael Madsen, while very well-suited to their roles, seem hard to separate from their established screen personas.) In what Rodriguez hopes is the first of a series, Sin City is a spectacular achievement. --David Horiuchi, Amazon.com

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This town beckons the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark. Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home. Crooked cops. Sexy dames. Desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge. Others lust after redemption. And then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care. Their stories -- shocking, suspenseful and searing -- come to the fore in a film that is literally a comic book come to life from co-directors Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, plus special guest director Quentin Tarantino.

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars SIN-ful!, 15 Nov 2005
By Mr. Jd Ware "wolvie-ware" (London) - See all my reviews
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This is one of the most striking, memorable, imaginative and violent films to have come out in a long, long time. It is a cliched ridden flick where nothing is taken too seriously - especially life - and where anything goes.

Expect to meet hookers, mercenaries, hit men, good cops, bad cops, strippers and thugs in Sin City. This tells three stories, that are ingeniously subtley linked together.

The most interesting story is Bruce Willis' as Hartigan. A cop who protected a little girl when she was younger, and in a cruel twist of fate has to protect her again when she is older (and played by Jessica Alba). It's the most detailed story, with the best character development.

The best character, however, is Mickey Rourke's Marv. A tough, unbeatable and ugly man who is out to avenge the death of a hooker who gave him things he had never dreamed of. It's a slightly simple story, but it's effective, violent, and unlike the other stories in the film, filled with dark humour.

Clive Owen is the weakest main character. He plays Dwight with a lot of gusto, but the character doesn't have the same heart that the others does, as he tries to stop Benicio Del Toro's troublemaker. This story also includes the infamous scene directed by Quentin Tarantino, where Dwights dead body starts talking again. There's nothing wrong with Tarantino, he's a great director, but in Sin City, his scene feels out of place. It doesn't flow with the rest of the film, and jars you out of the mood. It still is an interesting scene, however.

Of course, there are also some brilliant baddies. Elijah Wood's cannibal is creepy, while Nick Stahl relishes in the dirtyness of Yellow B######.

This DVD is sadly lacking in the extras department. the menu system looks gorgeous, and is great fun to watch, but the there is only an 8-minute behind the scenes that doesn't really reveal anything and only just scratches the surface. If you want extras, wait for the special edition that is rumoured to be coming soon.

But Sin City is a film worth seeing, extras or not. It's stylised violence, splashes of colour, and gritty noir is mesmerising, and is a truly unique experience in film.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Outrageously Good, 21 Jan 2006
By Donald Thompson "waldo357" (Belfast N Ireland) - See all my reviews
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Try to imagine every film noir you have ever seen, now add a splash of Hong Kong style action, top up with anime graphics and finally dose liberally with cynicism. Got that? Good cause you're only halfway there! This is one of those movies which comes as a complete shock to the system. Its so simple on the surface, and not to mention very sexist, that it cannot possibly work, yet it does. Almost impossible to describe if you have not seen the Frank Miller graphic novels. Three simple stories told with panache and more than a little male fantasy and you have the most unique major movie release of the past few years. An all star cast serves up some prime cuts of pure forties crime thillers mixed with modern cynicism and seventies anti hero ethics. Full marks all round, even an unrecognisable Mickey Rourke, only the cardboard cut out "babes" are a disappointment. Otherwise Rodriguez, Miller, Tarantino et al deliver a truly modern classic. You must see this movie!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Definately, bring it on!!, 24 Oct 2005
Yep, this is a good movie.If you dont like the distinctive guest diector tarantino's style. then you might not like this one much. More suited to guys, this film noir adaptation of frank miller's Sin City is perfect for peole wanting a new dimension in hte movie world, not just soime typical mainstream movie that could be made just as easily on a much lower budget. This is a bit like marmite though, you either love it or hate it. Personally i love it, and hope you will too. The effects are brilliant and the characters catchy. Bruce willis' character reflects his role in the remake of "The jackal" and all are great.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Cool
A film with 3 stories.We start off with Bruce Willis's cop character rescuing a little girl called Nancy. Read more
Published 1 month ago by David Addison

5.0 out of 5 stars Quite possibly the best film I have ever seen!!
this film is like so awsome its almost unreal.

Its like I could sit here all day and type about how good this film is!!

BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT!!!!!!!
Published 2 months ago by william gough

4.0 out of 5 stars Dark Nights in the City
It is very difficult to review this film without the word "stylish" and indeed stylish it is, in a comic-book, film noir, pulp fiction way. Read more
Published 5 months ago by tallpete33

5.0 out of 5 stars PURE CINEMATIC ART
Yes, this breaks all the rules. And then tramples them into the dirt. I could talk about the violence and the starkness and all that other stuff. Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. Chambers

5.0 out of 5 stars got to watch it to decide
This film is like marmite you will either love it or hate it but you have to watch it to find out. I thought it would be a rather manly film but i actually loved it. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Ms. H. V. Armstrong

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
One of the best films I've ever seen.

If you like graphic novels, anime, film noir or just something a bit different, this is for you. Read more
Published 5 months ago by seekingthetruth

4.0 out of 5 stars It would be a sin to miss
Hartigan, an aging cop on the verge of retirement, is looking to finish one last case. Marv vows to find his love's killer. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Stampy

2.0 out of 5 stars I wish I'd given it a miss
I must be missing something fantastic here because this film had the total opposite effect on me that it seemed to on everone else. I hated it! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ms. F. I. Macdonald

5.0 out of 5 stars Ka-pow classic
I wasn't sure what to expect considering I hadn't read the comics. I was impressed. This is a superb addition to the film noir tradition. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Welsh Dragon

4.0 out of 5 stars FASCINATING
Wow! What a tour-de-force! Very stylistic and very well done! An excellent comic book adaption that couldn't have been made any better. Easily Rodriguez' best film so far.
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