Sin City

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Sin City

R

2005

2h 4m

Action

Crime

Drama

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

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In this quartet of neo-noir tales, a mysterious salesman (Josh Hartnett) narrates a tragic story of co-dependency, while a musclebound vigilante (Mickey Rourke) tears his way through the criminal underworld in search of his lost love (Jaime King). In another part of the city, a grizzled cop (Bruce Willis) foils the ambitions of a child-killer (Nick Stahl), and an ex-prostitute (Brittany Murphy) evades her ex-pimp (Benicio del Toro) with the help of her new boyfriend, Dwight (Clive Owen).

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Critics Consensus

Visually groundbreaking and terrifically violent, Sin City brings the dark world of Frank Miller's graphic novel to vivid life.

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David Germain

Associated Press

04/14/2013

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.

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

04/14/2013

For all its astronomical body count, Sin City is brazenly, thrillingly alive.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

04/14/2013

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.

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Andrea Thompson

A Reel of One's Own

04/03/2025

For all the fantastic performances on display (along with mostly female flesh), the most essential ingredient Sin City possesses is its willingness to go all in.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

03/25/2025

3.5/5

Rodriguez and Miller bring the latter's pulpy source material to stunning life, with pops of colour to complement the stark black and white cinematography. The Noir-inspired content means plenty of gender stereotypes, but Willis and Rourke shine.

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

04/02/2023

2/5

It's a beautiful looking film but it didn't give me enough to want to ever watch this again. The story was all over the place and kind of boring.

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Andrew S

03/05/2025

One of the best comic book movies. On the big screen was an excellent experience you just can’t replicate at home.

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JasonS

03/05/2025

Very good movie. It definitely resembles pulp fiction. Although my favorite story scene was with Mickey rourke and Jaime king.

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Chris S

@Janomi 2d

Sin City is excellent because its visual style is so bold and memorable. The black-and-white imagery, splashes of color, harsh shadows, and comic-panel framing make it feel like a graphic novel brought to life rather than a standard crime movie. The anthology structure gives the film a pulpy noir rhythm. Each story has its own flavor, but they all belong to the same rotten city of crooked cops, doomed women, brutal violence, corruption, narration, and damaged antiheroes. Mickey Rourke is outstanding as Marv, giving the movie its best emotional weight. He makes Marv brutal, tragic, ugly, loyal, and strangely noble. The style can be so heightened that some characters feel more like noir icons than real people, but that is also part of the design. Sin City is violent, stylish, hard-boiled, and one of the most visually distinctive comic-book films.

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Brian D

@Brotherpowerthegeek 5d

Was awesome. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

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Noel L

@RT15930389 Jul 20

There have been a lot of comic book based movies out there, but no movie feels more like a comic book then Sin City

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Thomas O

@RT21481765 Jun 24

A great bloodthirsty romp.

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Synopsis

In this quartet of neo-noir tales, a mysterious salesman (Josh Hartnett) narrates a tragic story of co-dependency, while a musclebound vigilante (Mickey Rourke) tears his way through the criminal underworld in search of his lost love (Jaime King). In another part of the city, a grizzled cop (Bruce Willis) foils the ambitions of a child-killer (Nick Stahl), and an ex-prostitute (Brittany Murphy) evades her ex-pimp (Benicio del Toro) with the help of her new boyfriend, Dwight (Clive Owen).

Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Creator: Frank Miller
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan
Screenwriter: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Production Co: Dimension Films, Troublemaker Studios
Rating: R (Sexual Content/Dialogue|Nudity|Strong Stylized Violence)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 1, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $74.1M
Runtime: 2h 4m
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby SRD, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)