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Name: Sin City
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Genre: crime, thriller
Released: 2005
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 8

Sin City has an iRankMovies score of 77/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Sin City (2005)

There is no justice without sin.

Release:2005

Runtime:2h 4m

Country:United States

Director:Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller

Language:English

Genre

CrimeThriller

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Keywords

dystopiaBased On ComicAnthologyBlack And WhiteHeld CaptiveBased On Graphic NovelMysterious KillerDoing The Right Thing

iRank77

Sin City rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8/10· 817K votes

Rotten Tomatoes76%

Metacritic74%

TMDb7.464/10· 9K votes

With 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8/10 on IMDb and 74/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Sin City

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, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.

Cast of Sin City

Bruce Willis
as Hartigan
Jessica Alba
as Nancy
Clive Owen
as Dwight
Mickey Rourke
as Marv
Rutger Hauer
as Cardinal Roark
Benicio del Toro
as Jackie Boy
Alexis Bledel
as Becky
Michael Madsen
as Bob
Powers Boothe
as Senator Roark
Nick Stahl
as Roark Jr. / Yellow Bastard
Devon Aoki
as Miho
Michael Clarke Duncan
as Manute

Sin City facts

Budget: $40M
Box office: $158.7M
Collection: Sin City Collection

Our take on Sin City

Robert Rodriguez's 2005 crime thriller drops you into Sin City, a rain-slicked underworld of crooked cops, dangerous women and desperate vigilantes. Its intertwined stories follow reluctant, broken-down heroes chasing revenge, redemption, or a little of both, all still trying to do right in a place that refuses to care. The film's real signature is its look: a stark, high-contrast black-and-white with jolts of color, styled to feel like living pulp comics. It's aimed at viewers who love hard-boiled noir taken to a stylized extreme, heavy on mood and menace. Ruthless, striking and unapologetically pulpy, it prizes atmosphere and attitude above realism.

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