I gotta tell you...I was pretty deeply disturbed by this movie. I never read the Frank Miller comic, but I get a pretty good idea from the movie. Good acting, it's a pulp movie after all. Jessica Alba was radient. Somehow the nudity and violence seemed a bit out of place. I know that sounds absurd, but the movie would have been just as engaging without it. Maybe it's just me, but it didn't add anything to the feel of the movie. I got uncomfortable when people would laugh Spoiler: durring the parts when men were castrated. It didn't ruin the movie for me, but it bothered me. Spoiler: Elija Woods is not Frodo in this, so prepare yorself. Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, and Bruce Willis each drive their stories with surprising presence. Up until now, I was worried that Clive would make a weak Bond, but he changed my mind. Spoiler: I am still interesed in the opening storyline that closed the movie. Is there more to the Josh Hartnet as the Salesman story? Was that it? I'd reccomend this to anyone willing to see some very gritty cinima. 4 naked, bleeding, broken stars out of five.
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