With a superb cast (headed by Bruce Willis) and stunning visuals, this is the best bid yet to bring a comic-book to life
With a superb cast (headed by Bruce Willis) and stunning visuals, this is the best bid yet to bring a comic-book to life.
An adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel, this was co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Miller himself (with one scene reserved for pal Quentin Tarantino).
It interweaves three stories, The Hard Goodbye, The Big Fat Kill and That Yellow Bastard, into one relentless thrill-ride down the mean streets of Basin City, a festering hellhole of vice and corruption.
Willis is an ageing cop trying to save a girl, Mickey Rourke is out to avenge the death of a hooker and catch serial killer Elijah Wood and Clive Owen is an ex-sleuth caught up in a war between Benicio Del Toro's rogue cops and a group of warrior prostitutes, led by Rosario Dawson.
Filmed almost entirely by digitally imposing the actors onto black-and-white CGI backdrops with only isolated bursts of colour, the film is jaw-droppingly spectacular to watch.
