Sin City created a bit of controversy when director Robert Rodriguez left the DGA to give Miller and Tarantino co-directing credits. Unfortunately this selfless gesture proves to be a bit of a wasted one, as the end result doesn’t justify it.

The cast is very impressive, with Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke the standouts (although Jessica Alba fans will no doubt have worn out that bit of the DVD by now). Like Batman Begins, the production design is great – it’s almost entirely black and white with odd flashes of colour – but the difference is that the assortment of stories fail to hold our interest, we don’t care about any of the cardboard characters, and it’s all a bit too proud of its own outrageousness. It’s a great shame as it’s almost a great movie with a neat gimmick, but it’s about time the talented Rodriguez made a movie for grown-ups.

Mild Peril Rating:

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