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Sin City - Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller

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Movie propaganda

Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything.

Sin City is infested with criminals, crooked cops and sexy dames, some searching for vengeance, some for redemption and others, both. The film incorporates storylines from three of Miller's graphic novels including Sin City, which launched the long-running, critically acclaimed series, as well as That yellow bastard and The big fat kill. John Hartigan (Bruce Willis) is a cop with a bum ticker and a vow to protect stripper Nancy (Jessica Alba). Marv (Mickey Rourke) is an outcast misanthrope on a mission to avenge the death of his one true love, Goldie (Jaime King). Dwight (Clive Owen) is the clandestine love of Shelley (Brittany Murphy), who spends his nights defending Gail (Rosario Dawson) and her Old Towne girls (Devon Aoki and Alexis Bledel) from Jackie Boy (Benicio Del Toro), a dirty cop with a penchant for violence.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

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Persons of interest

Jessica Alba .... Nancy Callahan
Rosario Dawson .... Gail
Elijah Wood .... Kevin
Maria Bello .... Ava Lord
Bruce Willis .... John Hartigan
Benicio Del Toro .... Jack Rafferty
Michael Clarke Duncan .... Manute
Carla Gugino .... Lucille
Josh Hartnett .... The Salesman
Michael Madsen .... Bob
Jaime King .... Goldie/Wendy
Brittany Murphy .... Shellie
Clive Owen .... Dwight
Mickey Rourke .... Marv
Nick Stahl .... Junior/Yellow Bastard
Marley Shelton .... The Customer
Arie Verveen .... Murphy
Devon Aoki .... Miho
Alexis Bledel .... Becky
Rick Gomez .... Mr Shlubb
Rutger Hauer .... Cardinal Roark
Jason McDonald .... Ronnie
Sherrell Murphy-Ramos .... Molly Prince
Tommy Nix .... Weevil
Scott Teeters .... Lenny/Benny
Frank Miller .... Author
Robert Rodriguez .... Screenwriter
Frank Miller .... Director
Robert Rodriguez .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Sin City official movie site
Sin City film production notes
Sin City QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Saturn Awards 2006: Won: Best Supporting Actor (Mickey Rourke); Nominated: Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film, Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Alba), Best Make-Up (Howard Berger, Greg Nicotero)
Cannes Film Festival 2005: Technical Grand Prize: For the visual shaping (Robert Rodriguez)
MTV Movie Awards 2006: Nominated: Best movie, Sexiest performance (Jessica Alba), Best kiss (Rosario Dawson, Clive Owen)
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2005: Nominated: Best supporting actor (Mickey Rourke), Best cinematography (Robert Rodriguez), Best editing (Robert Rodriguez)

See also Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow, Immortal (Immortel: ad vitam), Sin City 2
Studios and distributors:

Dimension Films * Buena Vista International

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Sin City is visually stimulating and well worth seeing on that merit alone but the story is comparatively weak. Some of this comes from the repetition of its themes (revenge, death, sacrifice, innocence) and the ronde plot structure (goes round and round the same characters). The style varies between film noir and cartoonish and the acting is forced to follow suit, not always a good thing.

Yet Sin City manages to overcome most of its weaknesses and ends up well worth the money you spend on watching it. Micky Rourke (as a hideously deformed monster with a good heart) is good. So is Bruce Willis.