Sin City

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Sin City

R

2005

2h 4m

Action

Crime

Drama

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

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In this quartet of neo-noir tales, a mysterious salesman (Josh Hartnett) narrates a tragic story of co-dependency, while a musclebound vigilante (Mickey Rourke) tears his way through the criminal underworld in search of his lost love (Jaime King). In another part of the city, a grizzled cop (Bruce Willis) foils the ambitions of a child-killer (Nick Stahl), and an ex-prostitute (Brittany Murphy) evades her ex-pimp (Benicio del Toro) with the help of her new boyfriend, Dwight (Clive Owen).

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Critics Consensus

Visually groundbreaking and terrifically violent, Sin City brings the dark world of Frank Miller's graphic novel to vivid life.

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David Germain

Associated Press

04/14/2013

With a huge, well-chosen cast and the blessing of Miller, who was on set as Rodriguez's co-director, Sin City is a gloriously stylized world unlike anything you've seen before on screen.

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

04/14/2013

For all its astronomical body count, Sin City is brazenly, thrillingly alive.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

04/14/2013

While Sin City on screen evokes the same feeling of bottomless decadence and dread that the novels do, there is one crucial difference -- you can put the novels down.

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Andrea Thompson

A Reel of One's Own

Apr 3

For all the fantastic performances on display (along with mostly female flesh), the most essential ingredient Sin City possesses is its willingness to go all in.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

Mar 25

3.5/5

Rodriguez and Miller bring the latter's pulpy source material to stunning life, with pops of colour to complement the stark black and white cinematography. The Noir-inspired content means plenty of gender stereotypes, but Willis and Rourke shine.

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

04/02/2023

2/5

It's a beautiful looking film but it didn't give me enough to want to ever watch this again. The story was all over the place and kind of boring.

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Andrew S

03/05/2025

One of the best comic book movies. On the big screen was an excellent experience you just can’t replicate at home.

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JasonS

03/05/2025

Very good movie. It definitely resembles pulp fiction. Although my favorite story scene was with Mickey rourke and Jaime king.

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Kevin P

@RT55971421 Feb 3

An incredibly stylized and insane action film noir that's an awesome and action-packed juvenile power fantasy that every kid has dreamed about. It's a comic book brought to life in every sense of the word. It's incredibly faithful to the artwork of the comics and it's very impressive how they pulled that off. The movie is frequently violent, as not a minute goes by without some punching, kicking, slicing, or shooting. But the violence is so stylized and well-choreographed that there's almost an art to it. I love the cool black and white comic book visual style and bloody action. It's impressive how well this translated Frank Miller's graphic novel to the big screen, frame for frame. I loved Marv's story about love, loneliness, and revenge after the love of his life Goldie is killed. Elijah wood's serial killer character Kevin is both goofy and very disturbing. The male gaze is very apparent and only Marv's story is deep. But it's still a VERY fun movie and a visual feast for the eyes.

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Thomas H.

@Fr8ght_Trian Jan 18

Style over substance the movie. It was too nasty to be entertaining and too pointless bleak to be cathartic.

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Xane B.

@xabobinchuck Dec 15

Had that perfect amount of comic book cheese and the acting was great in this movie.

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Troy R

@Grim16 Dec 11

Very unique cinematography that makes the movie better than it would be without it. Each shot looking and sounding like a comic book is the main appeal of the film. Story is also ok in a short story kind of fashion where often not too much happens and then is quickly resolved. Actors are great and some of them feel like they walked right out of a comic book. And of course all the sexy ladies is a nice added bonus the film does not hold back on.

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Synopsis

In this quartet of neo-noir tales, a mysterious salesman (Josh Hartnett) narrates a tragic story of co-dependency, while a musclebound vigilante (Mickey Rourke) tears his way through the criminal underworld in search of his lost love (Jaime King). In another part of the city, a grizzled cop (Bruce Willis) foils the ambitions of a child-killer (Nick Stahl), and an ex-prostitute (Brittany Murphy) evades her ex-pimp (Benicio del Toro) with the help of her new boyfriend, Dwight (Clive Owen).

Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Creator: Frank Miller
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan
Screenwriter: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Production Co: Dimension Films, Troublemaker Studios
Rating: R (Sexual Content/Dialogue|Nudity|Strong Stylized Violence)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 1, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $74.1M
Runtime: 2h 4m
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby SRD, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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