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FILM DETAILS | | Certificate 18 |  | Cast Josh Hartnett Elijah Wood Bruce Willis Brittany Murphy Kate Bosworth Mickey Rourke Jaime King Nick Stahl Jessica Alba Clive Owen Rosario Dawson Michael Clarke Duncan |  | Directors Robert Rodriguez Frank Miller |  | Screenwriters Frank Miller |  | Running Time 124 minutes |
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Sin City A treat for fans of good-looking girls in black-and-white, of classic film noir and of imaginative ultra-violence.

Plot Three hardboiled tales from Basin City, an American film noir community. Ex-con Marv (Rourke) avenges a murdered hooker, private eye Dwight (Owen) helps a red light district stay independent from the Mob and disgraced cop Hartigan (Willis) shields a dancer (Alba) from a psychotic sadist (Stahl). Verdict Some women might deem this a two-star male fantasy of the sort they wish the men in their lives would grow out of. However, for the guys it’s Rodriguez’s best film by far and a treat for fans of good-looking girls in black-and-white, of classic film noir and of imaginative ultra-violence. It even has dinosaurs and a samurai chick…
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