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Posted: July 6, 2006 | maxdiamond

Savage, noir, medieval-style survival stories involving evil villains, ruthless goons, not-so-bad good guys, corrupt cops, deadly dames and so on. Frank Miller’s interpretation of style is so updated and savage that the viewer almost fails to recognise the parody or parallels to the noir cinematic vision.

Robert Rodriguez’ cinematic transformation of Frank Miller’s comic series (ee, graphic novels, as fans of this genre love to call them) stays true to the original storyline, storyboard and noir style.