3.5/4  A great film noir!!
Having never read Frank Miller's graphic novels, I was still excited to see this film. From the great music to the highly-stylized visuals, there's not a dull moment in Sin City. The acting is great. Clive Owen and Bruce Willis steal the s... (read full)

3/4  boss
one of the best movies i have ever seen i mean com'on it if f****ing great it drags from minute 1 to the city i loved mickey rourke in it he was boss he was so great i don't mean oscar great but like just cool and fun to watch some peo... (read full)

3.5/4  Sin City
In the brutal and corrupt Basin City, three stories evolve. Hartigan (Willis) and his quest to protect a stripper (Alba), Marv (Rourke) and his mission of revenge, and Dwight (Owen), who spends his night defending the girls from tough guy,... (read full)

4/4  Sinfully brilliant!
Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's Sin City is a smooth, gruesome, ultimately fulfilling celebration of violence that resides within the walls of its genre: graphic creativity. It follows three stories from fairly intellectual viewpoints,... (read full)

4/4  Sin City
It's better than "300" by a lightyear. I remember watching this film in high school and I was absolutely astounded. I felt like I was watching something so majestic, I couldn't keep my eyes off it. It also helps that it has an involving st... (read full)

4/4  Visually great film
Visually stunning film that is a feast for the eyes. I'm a fan of most of the cast so that just adds to the film. This movie is just awesome technically even for someone like me that never read any of it before. Robert Rodriguez is a styli... (read full)

2/4  Sin City Quick Review
Makes me lose hope in Frank Miller as a director. Great comic book writer. But it's easy to see why this one is praised so much. Violence, Sex, Nudity, and so much more...I see almost nothing in it.

FINAL SCORE :::: 52% ::::

0.5/4  Sin City Quick Review
I found this movie to be ridiculous and degrading. All I can remember is women either being slapped around or playing the "damsel in distress." No thank you. Terrible movie.

4/4  Sin City Quick Review
A great use of primary colors and kick ass action. A true adaptation of Frank Miller's best comic series.

1.5/4  Sin City Quick Review
A whole lotta style, flash and brutality. But not a whole lotta good movie.

4/4  Sin City Quick Review
The best movie of 2005! The way the story is told with high contrasts and deep characters, along with great music make this film reach to unseen heights. Put it on your list!

4/4  Sin City Quick Review
With a unique style - Sin City is a near-perfect adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novels. The stories, the cast and especially the visuals are all amazing. Outrageously violent, but then, what did you expect?

4/5 Sin City to Go
  by Vincent C. Daniels (Detroit, MI)
The one drawback to this UMD, in my opinion, is that the one special feature on it is a "making of . . ." featurette. I'm not a fan of "making of . . ." flicks. I think the limited capability of the UMD would have been better used by including a fan-film or side-story featurette.

4/5 Just as good on the small screen!
  by Jace (Los Angeles, CA)
I loved this movie on the big screen and I love watching it on the bus on the way to work on my PSP. I ordered it through Amazon, not a seller, and as usual, it came exceedingly quickly and in perfect condition.

The movie is just great- lots of slash and gore, but muted and understated. It's a grown up film and if you're a grown up into good directing and the comic genre, it will appeal to you immensely. If you want to know about shopping through Amazon, it's great too- very timely and with little muss and fuss. Enjoy!

5/5 This movie was MADE for the psp
  by S. A. Poarch (Montgomery, AL USA)
If you only buy one umd for your psp, get Sin City. The crisp black and white, and mix of animation and live action look like they were created for the psp.

5/5 Awesome! One of my top 10 favorite movies!!!
  by Dubyac99 (San Francisco, CA)
I bought this on launch day for the UMD and DVD versions! I bought a copy for my homedawg, DJ Honeybear, and the UMD version for myself! I could not believe the cinematic brilliance of this movie! Truely one of the best cinematic features I've ever seen in my life!

Somebody else said "jawdropping video presentation" or words to that effect, and I would have to agree with that! Clearly an award winner in this department!

Just writing this review and reading the other reviews, is making me want to rewatch it. I also will probably get the DVD special edition of this movie by this Holiday.

Highly recommended!!!

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5/5 Sinful "City"
  by E. A Solinas (MD USA)
The nights are cloudy, the alleys are dark, the men are dangerous, bars are smoky and femmes are fatale. "Sin City" is a thing of dark, bloody beauty.

It certainly says something if a graphic novel author helps out with a movie... especially if that creator swore he'd never let it be adapted. That is only one of the things that makes "Sin City," the adaptation of Frank Miller's comic, such a fascinating film.

"Sin City" is actually made up of three stories: In the depths of Basin (Sin) City, scarred hulk Marv (Mickey Rourke) sleeps with a beautiful prostitute, Goldie (Jaime King), only to find her dead beside him the next morning. Enraged, he goes on a killing spree to find her murderer, and learns that sinister cannibal Kevin (Elijah Wood) is responsible. But there's a powerful figure behind Kevin, who calls the shots.

Elsewhere in Sin City, Dwight (Clive Owen) does his best to defend Gail (Rosario Dawson) and the other Old Town prostitutes. But when Dwight kills a crooked cop, he has to somehow cover up the crime. And Hartigan (Bruce Willis), a cop with a failing heart, goes out of his job with a bang: He rescues little Nancy Callahan from a child molester who happens to be a senator's son. Hartigan is jailed, and when he gets out, he finds that Nancy (Jessica Alba) has grown into a lasso-twirling stripper. But the senator's son -- nicknamed Yellow Bastard -- is still after her.

"Sin City" is one of those few comic book adaptations that doesn't seem... well, cartoonish. Sure, it's the very image of noir, but the grim tone and grey characters are very real. It's not a movie for the fainthearted, but whoever enjoys the films of Quentin Tarantino (who directed one scene here) will surely be blown away.

Like "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," this film is done almost entirely digitally. But unlike "Sky Captain," it has substance as well as style. All the sets and props are done with computers, and nearly everything is in black and white. Here and there we get a splash of colour -- red lipstick and matching dress, Yellow Bastard's face, green eyes.

The contents of three "Sin City" comic books are interwoven here, and Rodriguez is constantly faithful: A lot of these shots could have been lifted straight from the comic's pages. He also preserves the stark, black-and-white style that the graphic novels are known for. You can't get much more faithful than that.

"Sin City" is not quite a "Kill Bill" bloodfest, though -- surprisingly, this brutal movie has a dark sense of chivalry. Each story is about an outcast man defending a woman's honor, safety, or memory, even if he sacrifices himself in the process. "Sin City" wears its heart on its sleeve, even if that sleeve is bloodstained and torn.

Most of the actors do wonderful jobs -- Owen's dark photographer, Rourke's scarred strongman, Stahl's revolting Yellow Bastard, and Alba's surprisingly sweet stripper. Only a few, like Brittany Murphy, have lackluster performances. But perhaps the most memorable performances come from Bruce Willis and Elijah Wood. Willis plays his aging cop role with unusual grace, even when shooting the genitals off Yellow Bastard. And Wood plays Kevin with both creepy evil and spiritual ecstacy. All without saying a word.

"Sin City" is a remarkable, bleak, intense movie -- a halfway point between Tarantino and Raymond Chandler. An outstanding piece of work.