Bruce Willis as Hartigan
Mickey Rourke as Marv
Clive Own as Dwight
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| Dir. Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez | ||||||||||||||||||||
| It took two viewings, but I realized this movie has a moral: Dont hurt women. In a film all about violence, death, blood, betrayal and revenge it takes some digging to find, but its got an actual message. Who knew? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sin City is the love-child of violence maestro Robert Rodriguez and graphic artist Frank Miller. Its actually three separate stories, all set in Basin City. Take away the first two letters, and you have the true nature of the metropolis. All three of the stories have something in common, most notably a bar with scantily clad waitresses and exotic dancers. The waitress in one story is a main character in the next, a sexy dancer the catalyst in another, etc. Each of the stories has a hero, each of those heroes an anti-hero to the Nth degree. These three heroes are most comfortable when the solution to a problem is killing killing being something theyre good at. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| The first story is about Hartigan (Bruce Willis,) a cop on the eve of his retirement, trying to stop a man/monster. A senators son (who has a taste for eleven-year-old girls) who has to be dealt with. It doesnt matter to Hartigan that this one last mission will almost certainly cost his life, as long as he can save the girl first. Hurting women is against the rules, you see. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| The second story is Marv, a psycho-killer with the face and strength of a demon. Mickey Rourke brings the character to life, making a double-entendre of the term psycho-killer. They killed Goldie, the one woman who ever looked at Marv without disgust. Marv had fallen in love with her the night before, and swore to avenge her murder; he promised to kill them in such a way that the hell they were going to would seem like heaven after what he did to them. Hurting women is against the rules, you see. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| The third story has Dwight (Clive Owen) as the knight in less-than-shiny armor. Clive Owen has never let me down yet, and this segment is my favorite. When his new girlfriend is threatened by her old lover, Dwight teaches him some manners. Benicio Del Toro, who uses his usual laid-back intensity to add menace to his character, plays the boyfriend, Jackie Boy. After being chastised by Dwight, Jackie Boy goes to Old Town (where the hookers ply their trade) to find a woman to hurt. Dwight realizes whats going to happen and follows to protect the women. Hurting women is against the rules, you see. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| It is a very intense movie, shot in black and white, with bursts of unexpected colors. The spontaneity of the colors keeps you off balance while you watch, and root for guys who arent all that good, but are solidly on the side of right. This is a movie where the good guys are done in shades of grey (figuratively and literally) and the bad guys are pure evil. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| I rate it: Full Price
Bruce Willis as Hartigan Mickey Rourke as Marv Clive Own as Dwight |
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