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Sin City

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Sin City

R

Released Apr 1, 2005

2h 4m

Action

Crime

Drama

Fantasy

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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

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.

Apr 14, 2013

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

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

Apr 14, 2013

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

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.

Apr 14, 2013

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Andrea Thompson

A Reel of One's Own

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.

Apr 3, 2025

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

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.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 25, 2025

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

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.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 2, 2023

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Andrew S

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/05/25

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JasonS

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/05/25

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Nick G

20 years since this film hit theaters and this exhilarating, violent ride still impresses. Sit down and strap in as you pinball through the cesspool of Basin City with a motley crew of criminals, thugs, and sickos; as a few pursue truth, they all end up blasting a big bleeding hole in their normal everyday depravity.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/11/25

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Ben B

Go see this if you haven't yet!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/25

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Shioka O

So dumb but visually stunning. It's already 20 years old, still vivid.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/25

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Benjamin G

It’s been years since I watched Sin City, after watching it again, I can’t get enough of it. I particularly enjoy how each story is intertwined and centers around its back-alley saloon full of odd characters within “Basin City”. Great cast, great artistic noir, with some great writing, too. “Old man dies, young girl lives. Fair trade.” “Always, and never,” says the woman working in that type of industry. It makes watching regular films a little boring. I’m sure someone could critique it’s violence and over-appreciation of the female body, however, what is interesting is the dichotomy between its dodgy protagonists and their moral codes that most everyday people would likely fundamentally agree with, which makes the storytelling more about people righting wrongs rather than bad people doing terrible things.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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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
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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