Tuesday May 3, 2005 JST

Sin City [ ****- ]

Sin City: A town in which ‘the unexpected’ happens to be the status quo. The truly all-star cast in this surreal, cartoonish depiction of a super-violent underworld brings the whole thing to life. Sin City translates enjoyably twisted storylines from the 2d graphic novel format, to an artistic collage of blood, guns and mayhem. The darkness, starkness, and harshness provide the backdrop for characters such as Mickey Rourke’s ‘Marv’ who’s the top one for me: “I’ll stare the bastard in the face as he screams to God, and I’ll laugh harder when he whimpers like a baby. And when his eyes go dead, the hell I send him to will seem like heaven after what I’ve done to him.” And that’s just one of many lines that tries to take your mind into the dark and sinful nature of us all. Quentin Tarantino assisted with the directing, so my only negative is why there wasn’t his trademark, fantastic soundtrack to go with everything else.

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