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Amazon.co.uk Review
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

DVD Description
This globally exclusive gift pack contains the Sin City DVD and the three books that inspired the film - The Hard Goodbye, The Big Fat Kill, and That Yellow Bastard. This boxset has been personally approved by Frank Miller!

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   12 of 12 people found the following review helpful: The complete package!, 21 Oct 2005 By  HALOC (Staffs, UK) - See all my reviews This film is fantastic. We all know that. But this limited edition box set takes things one step further. Included in the box set are the 3 graphic novels from the Sin City series by Frank Miller on which the film is based. Before purchasing this box set myself I had never read these books before. They are brilliant! It is truely amazing to see just how closely the film stuck to the plots of the stories in the books. Right down to positioning of objects in frames, lighting and dialogue. As mentioned before the box set looks great, no tacky materials to be seen! Looks great with my collection! Superb! If you want this film on DVD then BUY THIS VERSION! Seriously, you will really enjoy reading the books and comparing them to the film itself. Now I'm looking to extend my Sin City graphic novel collection in time for the release of Sin City 2!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   10 of 10 people found the following review helpful: Top Class Boxset, 23 Sep 2005 By A Customer The film as we know is great. This boxset though is something else !! Suprisingly heavy because of the weight of the books, this boxset has the DVD plus the 3 books that the film is based on. The box itself looks fantastic - very solid and great visuals giving it a real quality feel. Frank Miller has apparently approved it so it's not really a surprise it looks so good. The books also look great and if you haven't read them before, it soon becomes obvious how close the film is to the originals. This really is worth buying. If you're still not sure, ask a friend who's got one, take a look, and you'll be ordering it by the end of the day !! Then gloat to all your friends who didn't manage to get one before they sold out !!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Excellent Package...., 4 Nov 2005 By  Ross Fleming "Music Fan" (Scotland) - See all my reviews    This Box Set has to be the best DVD purchase i have made this year. It was well worth paying the extra 16 quid to get hold of the Sin City graphic Novels 1, 3 and 4. There isnt much about the film i could say that hasnt been said already, but what i will say is that after reading the books with this package, it really does make me appreciate just how good a job Robert Rodriguez has done with the movie, nearly everys scene is identical to the art work in the books, and my o my it really is amazing how Micky Rourke was seemingly "made" to play Marv. Exellent box set, well done amzon, well worth the extra digits!!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 19 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews Enthralling, Shocking, Mesmerising ! Sin City is an enthralling cinematic adaptation of various stories from the graphic novels of Frank Miller. Read more Published 4 months ago by Mr. Laurence Williams Unexpected treat Really enjoyed this film. With no preconceptions and knowing nothing about the graphic novels I found it visually stunning and very entertaining. Read more Published on 31 Mar 2006 Miller's graphic novels become Rodriguez's film noir epic "Sin City" is a black and white world, except when the blood is being sprayed around and then be prepared for lots of red or white or even yellow. Read more Published on 5 Jan 2006 by Lawrance M. Bernabo A must for the comic book fan This is probably the mark that all subsequent "special editions" will have to set themselves to, as this boxed set clearly shows that it has a lot more to offer than an extra disc... Read more Published on 2 Jan 2006 by D. M. York Truly the ultimate Sin City experience It's always a thrill to see a movie get the DVD treatment it deserves, and Frank Miller's Sin City: Recut - Extended - Unrated is a really fantastic package loaded to... Read more Published on 31 Dec 2005 by Daniel Jolley