Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.
While the book succeeded in pushing the boundaries of its medium, the film merely feels like a triumph of technology.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out New York,
16 Aug 2007
rotten:
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.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
14 Apr 2013
fresh:
For all its astronomical body count, Sin City is brazenly, thrillingly alive.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
14 Apr 2013
fresh:
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.