Ok, it has been way to long for this post to be posted. On Friday morning I went and saw the midnight premier of Frank Millers Sin City.

Directors: Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jessica Abla, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, Benicio Del Toro, Jaime King
Rated: R
Running Time: 126 minutes

To the keep the film remaining true to its integrity, Frank Miller not only helped assert the script, he also directed the movie as well. The film is based on three of Frank Miller's comic book hits, "The Big Fat Kill", "Sin City", "That Yellow Bastard".

The film takes place in Basin City, a city where the police are as corrupt as the streets are deadly. The tale follows three peoples intertwining story lines the first follows a end of his career cop (Willis), who is dying to catch the one pedophile who has baffled the rest of the agency in locating his hideout. The second follows the paths of a harder-than-rocks street fighter (Rourke) that is out for revenge against the murder of his one true love; that of which he has been framed for her murder. The third follows a self proclaimed protector (Owen) of the streets and the highly armed dames of the 'Old Towne'.

The film did indeed deserve its R rating within the first five minutes, and did not stop until the end credits. The high amount of violence was greatly fictionalized (comic style), however sexual overtones (while only containing brief nudity) were adult in nature - with the prostitute outfits,, and continual beheadings, the movie had a definite reason for its R rating.

The film reached new heights in the CGI field whereas the majority of the movie was filmed on a green screen. It was like no movie that has came before, and created a new playing field for all movies that come after it. With the film being nearly all black and white except for splashes of color that accentuates, things like the occasional eyes, lips, dresses, cars, and even at times the occasional entire person. It added a whole new feeling to actually see a world that has before only existed on paper. The sporadic voice-overs added a dramatic edge to the leading characters tales of how they came to become whom they are, and how they got to the situation that they are in.

The film was good, had a great story line, adventure, great acting and excellent cinematography; but the amount of sexual taboo and nudity could have been reduced and the movie still would have retained its true integrity, and plot. The film had probably the best cinematopgraphy that I have seen in ages that puts it on the playing field with movies like, Star Wars, and most likely will indeed become a cult classic. The soundtrack is good, just another contribution that Rodriguez had put into the film (who is this guy? Superman? He directs, writes, composes, what can't he do?). If you can look past the Adult nature of the film without being offended by its actions, then I would recommend this movie, otherwise no, I would not... I give it a seven (out of ten) stars.