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Thursday, January 12, 2006

My Review of "Frank Miller's Sin City: Recut- Extended- Unrated"

My next review is on a movie that came at last year but this DVD set just came out a few weeks ago. The DVD I am reviewing is "Frank Miller's Sin City: Recut- Extended- Unrated". Here is the description of "Sin City" from IMDB:

"A collection of interweaving stories all based in the corrupt, crime infested hell-hole that is Basin City. Heavily influenced by film-noir, the main storylines concern a hulking brute called Marv (Mickey Rourke), who is seeking the murderer of a beautiful woman who was killed while asleep in bed with him; an ex-photographer called Dwight (Clive Owen) who accidentally kills a hero cop and has to cover it up; and a soon-to-be-retiring policeman called Hartigan (Bruce Willis) who is incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit. All based on the brilliant graphic novels "Sin City", "The Big Fat Kill" and "That Yellow Bastard", written and illustrated by Frank Miller."

This is a movie that all true movie fans need to watch. There are so many things that make this movie the brilliant masterpiece it is. First, there are the excellent stories that make up this film. The stories used are the same as they are in the graphical novels.

The next thing that makes "Sin City" remarkable is the all-star cast. The cast consists of Jessica Alba, Alexis Bledel, Rosairo Dawson, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Clark Duncan, Josh Harnett, Rutger Hauer, Jamie King, Brittney Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Bruce Willis, and Elijah Wood. It can be very risky to have an A-list cast, but all of these actors do an incredible job with their roles in this film.

Another thing is the cinemaotgraphy. The process that it took to make this film is amazing. On the second disc of this DVD set is a feature on the making of the film, and I'll tell you this is the standard that all films should have.

My rating for this DVD set varies on what kind movie buff you are: if you are a film buff whom likes to know the ins and outs of the making of a film, the rating is Buy This Now! You need this DVD for your collection.

If you are just an avid movie watcher, the bare bones DVD is one you should Rent Immediately!

Until next time, happy movie watching.

1 Comments:

Blogger Thomas Slatin said...

Hey Gerry! I've featured your movie reviews on my website as you gave me permission to some time ago. I hope you're going to keep up with your reviews, they're quite good. Also, I've linked to your reviews blog since my traffic ratings are astronomical. Hopefully you'll get some more hits and comments.

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