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07/22/05
Sin City (2005)
77 %
Reviews Counted: 231 Fresh: 177 Rotten:54 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Consensus:
Visually groundbreaking and terrifically violent.
Runtime: 2 hrs 27 mins
Theatrical Release: Apr 1, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $73,995,242
Synopsis: Adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novels, SIN CITY is Robert Rodriguez's striking film noir infused with fantasy, taking place in a world where it is eternally nighttime and everything is drenched in rain and violence. Using a unique combination of silvery black and white digital... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King
Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Composer: John Debney, Graeme Revell, Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Composer: John Debney, Graeme Revell, Robert Rodriguez
Reviews
1 - 20 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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Eager to blaze trails for desktop moviemaking, what did these artists do? Throw fuel on the fires of viewers' basest appetites.
09/07/07
While the book succeeded in pushing the boundaries of its medium, the film merely feels like a triumph of technology.
08/16/07
For those who revel in this kind of adrenaline rush spectator sport, let the games begin.
03/28/07
For all its visual razzle-dazzle and enjoyably bad-ass attitude, there's something curiously empty about Sin City.
03/01/07
The world Miller and Rodriguez have created is so bleak and nasty it's difficult to see what lasting value any sort of redemption could have here.
10/11/06
My own trajectory while watching Sin City--excited, bored, offended...back to bored...roll credits
09/20/06
If Raymond Chandler and Daffy Duck could have produced a child, Sin City would be their baby.
05/12/06
For the guys it’s Rodriguez’s best film by far and a treat for fans of good-looking girls in black-and-white, of classic film noir and of imaginative ultra-violence.
01/07/06
Top Critic
Su verdadera fuerza radica en una historia que refleja el grado de degradación social, espiritual y emocional al que podemos llegar los habitantes de las grandes ciudades.
11/25/05
Si bien impresiona su deslumbrante estilo visual, luego de un rato no sólo no sorprende sino que las historias lucen irregulares y reiterativas.
09/19/05
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