7.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Crime, Thriller • 2005 • 124 min • Adults (18+)
Sin City (2005)
Sin City (2005)
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Mickey Rourke • Clive Owen • Bruce Willis
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Race Swap: Yes
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
7.6
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Mickey Rourke • Clive Owen • Bruce Willis
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Leans Right
Confidence: High
The film leans right due to its central thesis that individual vigilante justice and personal codes of honor are the only effective responses to pervasive societal corruption, rather than advocating for systemic or institutional reform.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
Sin City features a visually diverse ensemble cast that aligns with its graphic novel source material, rather than explicitly recasting traditional roles for DEI purposes. The film's narrative focuses on themes of crime, corruption, and moral ambiguity within its stylized world, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
Race Swap: Yes
Confidence: High
Gail, a prominent character depicted as white in the original Sin City comic series, is portrayed by Rosario Dawson, an actress of Black and Latina descent, which constitutes a race swap.
Christianity: Negative
Confidence: High
The film portrays the Catholic Church institution as deeply corrupt and evil through characters like Cardinal Roark, who uses his religious authority to facilitate horrific crimes. Priests are depicted as complicit or easily manipulated, covering up atrocities. There is no significant counterbalancing positive portrayal of the institution.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "Sin City" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The storylines focus on various heterosexual relationships, crime, and violence in a neo-noir setting, without engaging with queer identity.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "Sin City" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate regarding trans identity, resulting in an N/A rating for its net impact.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is a direct adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novels. All major characters, as established in the source material, retain their original genders in the 2005 movie adaptation. No instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another were found.
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User Ratings
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7.6
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