History ComicBook / SinCity

Not to be confused with VideoGame/SimCity, which is [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential potentially]] a whole lot nicer. Or [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity GTA Vice City]], which is ''definitely not'' all that nicer. Or UsefulNotes/LasVegas, for that matter.

----> '''Klump (to Shlubb):''' "I can only express puzzlement that borders on alarm."

* BornInTheWrongCentury: Dwight suggests that Marv would have had a better life in ancient times, as a warrior on the field of battle or a gladiator in the Roman arena.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: That Yellow Bastard. Hartigan ''tears his balls off with his bare hands'' before beating him to death.

-->'''Wallace''': Here comes one of his hugs. Here's hoping my ribs are good and flexible. My ribs hold up fine. Not so much as a crack.

-->'''Marv''': Is that the best you can do, you pansies?

* RobbingTheDead: Dwight sifts through Jackie-Boy's wallet after the latter was killed by Miho. He finds a wad of cash (which he puts in his own pocket)... And Jack's police badge.

* FragileSpeedster: As Marv proves, Kevin isn't so tough when he can't hop around.

** In ''The Hard Goodbye'', [[spoiler:Kevin]] kills Goldie and leaves Marv to deal with the police. Marv realises the too quick police response means he was set up.

* DaddysGirl: In the appropriately titled, ''Daddy's Little Girl''. A young woman whose life is entirely controlled by her rich father asks her lover to shoot him so the two of them can be together at last. He eventually goes through with the deed, but it turns out the gun loaded with blanks and the father beats him to death. The two of them were in a sexual relationship (though it's unclear if they're an actual incestuous father and daughter or just a couple with a fetish) and used violence to turn the father on as foreplay.

* BlackBlood: The blood in the film is white. Or, in one particular case, ''yellow''. This is an artifact of the comics it's based on, which are entirely black and white (no gray!) except for the yellow Junior (and his blood). It's worth noting however that it changes from shot to shot and story to story. In "That Yellow Bastard" the blood is always white, save for the Bastard's, but in "The Hard Goodbye" pretty much all the blood is bright red (in the commentary the directors noted that the black blood just made Hartigan's face look muddy instead of beaten to a pulp, so they had to make it red). "The Big Fat Kill" throws consistency out the window in favor of interesting visuals. Jackie Boy is shown with his sliced blown off and spewing white blood, but when his throat is slashed, red blood splashes on Miho's face.

* ColorblindCasting: Nancy, Jacki-Boy and Gail are played in the film by Creator/JessicaAlba (Latino), Creator/BenicioDelToro (Puerto-Rican) and Creator/RosarioDawson (Afro-Latino) respectively.

* DropTheHammer: Kevin lays Marv out with a sledgehammer.

''Sin City'' is an irregular comic book series about the venal Basin City (known as "Sin City" to the people who live there) and the seedy inhabitants who lurk in its alleys and doorways. It is probably writer/artist Creator/FrankMiller's best known work (other than ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'').

Several of the ''Sin City'' comics were turned into an anthology film by director Creator/RobertRodriguez, simply called '''''Sin City''''', which was released in 2005.

Rodriguez quit the Director's Guild to let Frank Miller take co-director status. Even his friend Creator/QuentinTarantino was given a co-director credit, since he came over on a day of shooting to film a scene. Rodriguez shot the film panel-for-panel from the comics, using black and white footage and GreenScreen backgrounds to get the perfect ''Sin City'' feel.

A sequel, '''''Sin City: A Dame To Kill For''''', was released in August 2014, after a loooong stretch in DevelopmentHell. Sadly, the deaths of two important actors - Creator/BrittanyMurphy (Shelly) and Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan (Manute) - and Devon Aoki (Miho) taking time off from acting caused [[TheOtherDarrin some difficulties]]. Duncan and Aoki were replaced by Creator/DennisHaysbert and Creator/JamieChung respectively, with Jeremy Piven taking over from Creator/MichaelMadsen as Bob.

Infamous for its absurdly macho writing, ''Sin City'' reads like an AffectionateParody of FilmNoir turned up a notch: every hero is a mentally and/or physically scarred bruiser of a man and every woman is a beautiful dame with a iheaving bosom. BlackAndGrayMorality is predominant.

Infamous for its absurdly macho writing, ''Sin City'' reads like an AffectionateParody of FilmNoir turned up a notch: every hero is a mentally and/or physically scarred bruiser and every woman is a beautiful dame with a heaving bosom. BlackAndGrayMorality is predominant.

* IgnoreTheFanservice: When Ava Lord of ''A Dame to Kill For'' allies with Wallenquist, he tells her, "I'll warn you once and only once, Mrs. Lord — do not flirt with me. I have no use for your charms." Interestingly, despite being the most powerful crime lord in the city and having a number of drop-dead gorgeous women who work for him such as the assassin [[EvilRedhead Mariah]], Herr Wallenquist is never shown being involved with any woman (or man, for that matter), implying that he's completely uninterested in sex in general.

A sequel, '''''Sin City: A Dame To Kill For''''', was released in August 2014, and at least one more ''Sin City'' film is planned. Originally, the first sequel was planned to include the titular story, along with a brand-new sequel to ''That Yellow Bastard'' and the three ''Blue Eyes'' short stories. The final film drops the ''Blue Eyes'' stories for a second original story and another ''Booze, Broads and Bullets'' yarn, "Just Another Saturday Night".

The other sequel will be centered around ''Hell and Back''. Both films were originally scheduled for a 2008 release, but were in DevelopmentHell for seven years until [[http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2012/04/sin-city-2-is-go-at-last.html 2012, when they were]] SavedFromDevelopmentHell. Sadly, the recent deaths of two important actors - Creator/BrittanyMurphy (Shelly) and Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan (Manute) - and Devon Aoki (Miho) taking time off from acting caused [[TheOtherDarrin some difficulties]]. (Duncan and Aoki have been replaced by Creator/DennisHaysbert and Creator/JamieChung respectively, with Jeremy Piven taking over from Creator/MichaelMadsen as Bob).

*** Kevin/Elijah looks an awful lot like [[Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter]].

** In ''ComicBook/DaredevilBornAgain'', one of the Kingpin's lieutenants speaks with an excessive amount of Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness, which is played for laughs. Miller would later use the same type of gag when writing Shlubb and Klump (AKA Fat Man and Little Boy).

* AcceptableTargets: In-universe. Marv notes that he loves hitmen, because he can torture and kill them all he wants without ever feeling bad about it.

** Marv also shoves a hatchet into a cop's crotch and at one point, crushes Weeval's balls in order to get him to comply.

* ChewingTheScenery: There's quite a bit of it in the movie, but it works with the tone quite nicely.

* InstantKnots: Miho does this w* hen she uses her sash to wrap around the bumper of a moving car and hold on.