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MONEY
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Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.
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Sin City
"There is no justice without sin."
2005 2h 4m EN
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7.5
SOLID
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76%
FRESH
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74
METACRITIC
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8
IMDB
★7.5TMDB · 9,125🍅76%Rotten Tomatoes●74Metacritic★8IMDB · 816,686
CrimeThriller
Synopsis
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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.
“There is no justice without sin.”
Cast
Bruce Willis
Hartigan
Jessica Alba
Nancy
Clive Owen
Dwight
Mickey Rourke
Marv
Rutger Hauer
Cardinal Roark
Benicio del Toro
Jackie Boy
Alexis Bledel
Becky
Michael Madsen
Bob
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Robert Rodriguez
- Writers
- Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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ERA
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Released 21 years ago.
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CINEMA
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Part of the "Sin City Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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CAST
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232+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Robert Rodriguez, shot by Robert Rodriguez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Robert Rodriguez shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba and Clive Owen carry the top of the cast.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Robert Rodriguez directs. Robert Rodriguez behind the camera. John Debney scores. Robert Rodriguez cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.
- 2Released 21 years ago.
- 3Part of the "Sin City Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 4232+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
- 5Directed by Robert Rodriguez, shot by Robert Rodriguez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 7Editor Robert Rodriguez shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 8Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba and Clive Owen carry the top of the cast.
- 9Marketing tagline: "There is no justice without sin.".
- 10IMDB entry: tt0401792 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 11Classified under 11 themes, including "dystopia", "based on comic", "anthology", "black and white".
- 12Released under 19 different titles around the world.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Robert Rodriguez
- Original score
- John Debney
- Editing
- Robert Rodriguez
- Makeup / hair
- Joe Rivera
- VFX supervisor
- Robert Rodriguez
- Sound
- Craig Henighan
- Stunt coordinator
- Jeff Dashnaw
- Runtime
- 124 min · 2h 4m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $40,000,000
- Box office
- $158,733,820
- Return
- 397% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- Sin City (2005)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 76% 🍅 Fresh
- Metacritic
- 74/100
- IMDB rating
- 8/10 · 816,686 votes
- MPAA
- R
Awards
38 wins & 54 nominations total
Part of
Sin City Collection
The Sin City film series are neo-noir crime thriller films based on Frank Miller's graphic novel series of the same name.
Also by
Robert Rodriguez
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Community reviews
What people are saying
- John Chard★ 9/10
Visceral, Visionary, Visual, Sin City kicks the big un! Three grizzled stories from Basin City comprise the basis for Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novels (Miller along for co-directing duties as well). Man mountain Marv is out to avenge a murdered hooker, Dwight attempts to help the red light girls stay independent from the mob, and aging cop Hartigan is trying to protect a beautiful dancer from a sadistic pervert. I think the first thing I should say is that I have no frame of reference as regards the adaptation here, I have never read (or seen) a Frank Miller story, but from what I can gather from the IMDb site is that fans of Miller's graphic stories were well pleased with the final result. I'm pleased to see that, because too many times comic book adaptations are roundly panned by the hard core fan base of each respective franchise for not being close to the spirit of the source, so here I'm doubly relieved mainly because I find Sin City to be a majestic assault on the senses. Sin City is a stark place, full of seedy residents thriving on misery and mistrust, and here we are privy to three stories that only serve to remind us that we don't want to be anywhere near the place. Playing out as some sort of horror comic noir, Sin City is for sure a very violent picture, yet the violence is formed so perfectly in its style, it cloaks the film in artistic class. Once viewed, Sin City is never forgotten, and I for one literally do tip my hat towards Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez for bringing such a great and interesting movie to the masses. All of the cast do great work, so I'll not single anyone out for praise, the techniques and the whole structure of the piece is quite simply marvellous, and as for the writing? Well get a load of it! Sin City, a dark horrible place, Sin City, a wonderful wonderful movie. 9/10
Production companies
Who made it
Dimension Films
US
Troublemaker Studios
US
Miramax
US
Key crew
- EditorRobert Rodriguez
- ProducerElizabeth Avellan
- Costume SupervisorNina Proctor
- CastingMary Vernieu
- Line ProducerBill Scott
- Executive ProducerBob Weinstein
- Executive ProducerHarvey Weinstein
- Graphic Novel IllustratorFrank Miller
- Compositing ArtistChris LeDoux
- Compositing ArtistJoshua LaCross
- Unit Production ManagerRon Schmidt
- Visual Effects ProducerKeefe Boerner
- Visual Effects SupervisorRobert Rodriguez
- Post Production SupervisorKeefe Boerner
- CastingBeth Sepko
- Still PhotographerRico Torres
- Camera OperatorJimmy Lindsey
- Set CostumerBrenda J. Chambers
- Casting AssociateShalimar Reodica
- Camera OperatorRobert Rodriguez
- Special Effects CoordinatorJohn McLeod
- Art Department CoordinatorDebbie Cortez Haber
- Makeup ArtistJoe Rivera
- Executive In Charge Of Post ProductionLinda A. Borgeson
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- dystopia
- based on comic
- anthology
- black and white
- held captive
- based on graphic novel
- mysterious killer
- doing the right thing
- silhouette
- neo-noir
- absurd
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2005-03-28R· Westwood, California
- Theatrical2005-04-01R
Also known as
International titles
- Sin City (Ciudad del pecado)ES
- Sin City - Recut, Unrated, ExtendedGB
- Sin City 1 (Extended)CA
- Sin City 1CA
- Frank Miller's Sin CityUS
- La ciudad del pecadoAR
- Günah ŞəhəriAZ
- Sin City: Град на грехаBG
- Sin City - La ville du vice et du péchéFR
- Nuodemiu miestasLT
- Grad grehaRS
- Mesto grehaSI
- Thanh Pho Toi AcVN
- Sin CityES
- Patu linnEE
