Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Walk down the right back alley in Sin City & you can find anything 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 & then there are those hoping for a little of both A universe of unlikely & reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care Three stories
- shocking suspenseful & searing
- come to the fore in a new motion picture from co-directors Frank Miller (comics idol & author of the Sin City comics) & Robert Rodriguez
- with special guest director Quentin Tarantino! Sin City was one of several films around the world to be shot on a completely "digital backlot"; with all the acting shot in front of a green screen & the backgrounds added during post-production) While the other movies Immortel (ad vitam) (2004) Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow (2004) & Casshern (2004) were shot first Rodriguez&s use of High-Definition digital cameras (like & Sky Captain&) in addition to the &backlot& method makes Sin City one of the world&s first &fully-digital& live action motion pictures Desperate to create Sin Cityas a translation rather than a & Hollywood& adaptation Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller actually used the panels from the original comic books as storyboards for the movie The visual style strongly echoes the comics throughout with the black & white footage broken up momentarily by splashes of colour in certain scenes
- a similar effect was used in Pleasantville Needless to say this all contributes to make
- possibly
- the greatest most authentic comic book &translation& yet Actors Bruce Willis Mickey Rourke Jessica Alba Clive Owen Nick Stahl Powers Boothe Rutger Hauer Elijah Wood Rosario Dawson Benicio Del Toro Michael Madsen Devon Aoki Brittany Murphy Michael Clarke Duncan Carla Gugino & Josh Hartnett Director Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller Certificate 18 years & over Year 2005 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English ; Italian
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English ; Italian ; English for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours (approx)