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Article: Film: Colourful sins in the tale of sleazy city; THE BIG PICTURE: Sin City (Cert 18) Stars Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Elijah Wood, Benicio Del Toro and Josh Hartnett; directors Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. 124 mins. Rating.(Features)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- June 3, 2005
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Byline: Philip Key
SIN City is probably the most stylish Hollywood movie since Citizen Kane - but it is also one of the most brutallyviolent Based on a series of comic book graphic novels by Frank Miller, it retains the hard-edged look of Miller's drawings with amazing backgrounds, exaggerated characters and tough guy (and girl) antics.
At times the visual look of the film is so intense that it almost becomes a strain on the eyes, every shot, every scene filmed in a high concept, amplified look with crazy angles, curious settings and bizarre action.
At just over two hours, however, it must be said that the film fairly zips along with no spare ...