![]() The extreme closeups, often grotesquely so, that Ziehm pioneered in MONA are on display here, and the print used by Alpha Blue Archives for DVD transfer has deteriorated to the extent that these "in your face" shots are no longer cause for arousal but look like something from an abattoir. Film's only good gag occurs at the end of her segment, when Thursday, his voice straining in the throes of passion during his money shot, flashes his badge and tells her: "You're busted!". Ironically, per an IMDb trivia posting, her sex scene in CITY OF SIN was later cannibalized and issued as a stand-alone stag loop. It turns out to be Linda McDowell, one of the premiere stag loop stars (still revered today), and thankfully preserved in feature film doing her stuff here. Thursday picks up a leggy blonde on the street and she takes him to her apartment. With Nixon and Reagan photos adorning their office, they set out on an undercover mission per Thursday's plan "to subject ourselves to this vice and corruption" so they can catch the perpetrators. Thursday and his partner Smutley are assigned in 1971 to crack down on prostitution in the fair city. ![]() The familiar "Dragnet" theme song introduces our story, as a narrator intones with stats: 7,000,000 people in L.A., 30,000 of them are prostitutes, 1,500,000 are homosexuals and 2,000,000 are deviants. use this merely as a gimmick on which to mount typically wall-to-wall mindless sex action of 1-Day-Wonder low quality. Perhaps merely a footnote, CITY OF SIN is perhaps the earliest XXX film to spoof popular TV shows, a format which has yielded many thousands of movies & videos since, and currently dominates the Adult industry. ![]() But of course his FLESH GORDON, soft-core to be sure, cements his place in porn history. It's silly, too long, and sometimes narratively lacking, but it's one hell of a ride.Howard Ziehm directed the breakthrough hardcore porn film MONA in 1970, but soon slacked off into rather mediocre efforts like this "Dragnet" parody. Although completely lacking in susbtance Frank Miller has done a masterful job of transitioning his comic book to the big screen with Robert Rodriguez, and without any doubts in my mind, hands down, it's his best film. Perfectly conveying to the neo noir thriller genre in all it's grim, shadowy, blood spilling edginess. Featuring a memorable ensemble of characters and truly eye popping costume design, Sin City is energetic and heart poundingly thrilling over the top fun. ![]() ![]() It would be easy to mistake it for an animation, it peculiarily looks just like a comic book, yet it never strays from looking realistic. The world in which it is set is absolutely stunning, stylishly shot with eye for detail, with murky, eery, black, beautifully lit set pieces that are absolutely cartoonish but feel physically existent. I found the CGI effects and gore very convincing but not once did they distract me from it's brilliant interlocking plot and it's strong characters and exceptional writing. It sometimes goes from being knowingly amusing to incredibly straight faced the next, and it's easy to go along with it. There have been many adaptations of graphic novels that have never managed to capture the atmosphere, the overall tone, the visual spark and the characters from it's inspiration, but Sin City is an exception. Sin City is nothing less than a pulpy, fantastically violent, visually incredible neo noir thriller. ![]()
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