●The movie "Sin City" was released in 2005. It was adapted from the cartoon series of the same name that won the National Cartoon Award. Six, and the content of the film adaptation comes from three of them. The film strictly adheres to the comics in the original work, and faithfully displays the characters and plots of the original work through a strong black-and-white color contrast. Director Rodriguez said, "I don't want to make this graphic novel a one-of-a-kind graphic novel. a pure film, and wanted to give him the quality of a graphic novel, with a plot that resembled a snapshot like a stop-motion animation." And heroic acts of justice make the film a masterpiece of film noir.
●The film is mainly composed of three story units. Different from previous crime dramas, the deepest evil of human nature has become the background color of "Sin City", and the bishops, senators, and police officers who are supposed to protect justice are placed as villains. When the guardian of justice becomes the umbrella of criminals or even criminals, who will maintain the original justice? These three stories are like the three seeds of righteousness planted in this sinful soil. How do they grow and bloom in this soil?
① Opening: "Yellow Bastard" - Fighting for Great Love
Detective Hardigan, played by Bruce Willis, is still frowning in the final hour of his 30-year police career. He wasn't gloomy about his impending retirement. In this city wrapped in violence and lies, Hardigan is one of the few fighters who is still fighting for fairness and justice, but the ugly reality has only returned him a body of injury and frustration. It might be a relief for him to retire early to spend time with his beloved wife. But not now! Because a little girl named Nancy fell into the hands of the Senator's son - "Yellow Bastard" Locke. This dehumanizing pedophile is outlawed under the patronage of his father. Hardigan must take action, even if the angina makes him unable to move, even if the senator with one hand covers the sky will make him pay the painful price of betrayal and separation! Lu Xun said, "A true warrior dares to face the bleak life and the blood." Hardigan did it. He did everything he could to protect Nancy, even shooting himself - the old guy died, the little girl survived. The deal is fair. He knows that he cannot change the darkness by himself, but a life has been saved, and perhaps the fire of hope can be ignited.
② Medium: "It's Hard to Say Goodbye" - Revenge for Selfish Desires
Ma Fu, who is five big and three rough, was born in an era that did not belong to him. With amazing combat power, he should have torn apart lions in the Colosseum in ancient Rome, and was bloodied on the cliffs of Hot Spring Pass. But in Sin City, he's nothing more than a drunken hooligan. One night, Godie, the perfect goddess like a muse, took the initiative to spend a spring night with him. When he woke up the next day, Goldie died tragically in his bed. In order to repay the favor of the goddess, Ma Fu rampaged like an angry bull, breaking through the layers of police arrests, and finally found the real murderer - Kevin, a perverted killer who enjoys cannibalism. The forces behind Kevin are even more astonishing. His uncle is the bishop of Sin City, and his influence has already spread to every corner of the mayor and the general police. However, Ma Fu is a more vicious demon than them. He cut off Kevin's limbs, let him watch himself being eaten by wild dogs, and then crushed Lord Bishop's head alive. Dare to compete with evil spirits, and don't give up half a point to demons! Ma Fu's road of revenge is covered with broken limbs and wreckage, but it is full of the hearty and straightforwardness that will be rewarded.
③The final chapter: "Killing" - the hot and flamboyant side of Sin City
This city of desire is undoubtedly a man's paradise. Especially in the red light district of the old city, the girls who are scratching their heads can satisfy all your fantasies. However, if there is a self-righteous client who goes overboard, the gang of hot and sexy prostitutes will never mind breaking it up. It all stemmed from a peace agreement between the prostitute gang and the police - the prostitute gang gave the police a share of the profits of the flesh business in exchange for the right to self-government in the old city. However, they accidentally kill a policeman, and this fragile peace seems to be collapsing again. So what? When other gangsters who have long coveted the old city tried to take over the old city, the girls appeared proudly, swaying with their wonderful ketone bodies. Accompanying it, there are machine guns spraying flames and grenades flying all over the sky. Nancy in "Yellow Bastards" and Godishan in "It's Hard to Say Goodbye" had to rely on the power of men to survive in Sin City, but the girls in the old city survived in a more vicious way than men. They can be gentle angels who turn into rain in spring, or cannibal demons who grind their teeth and suck blood. The duet of sex and violence sounded beautifully in them.
●Rodriguez's directorial path is quite legendary. By arranging the editing from script creation, shooting and post-production, he finally shot his debut film "The Elegy of the Killer". The entire film cost only $7,000, of which $3,000 was earned by Rodriguez's "guinea pigs" doing medical experiments. In the end, "Elegy of the Killer" not only earned more than 2 million US dollars at the global box office, but also made him shine at the 1992 Sundance International Film Festival, which can be described as fame and fortune.
Also in this year, he met another crazy director known for his deviant behavior - Quentin. Both were loyal believers in the violent aesthetics genre that originated in Hong Kong, and immediately became confidants and friends.
●In this city of darkness, violence and killing are commonplace, and the hormones of erotic desire are hazy. It is a cat-and-mouse game played by unscrupulous powers and dignitaries, an amusement park where corrupt police do evil things, a golden den for whore clients and drunkards to indulge their desires, and a slaughterhouse where cannibal demons vent their violence...
Day after day, year after year, evil spills out from dark attics, stinky alleys, and filthy little waterways, engulfing the souls mired in the quagmire with the wind and rain. From the Kowloon Walled City crammed with refugees, criminals and prostitutes to the gangster sanctuary of the Roaring Era-Chicago... those cities ruled by darkness in history have been projected by comic master Frank Miller into their own frenzied projections. Left on the curtain of Sin City, reflecting the cruel light and shadow of bloody romance.
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