Review by Matt Anderson

While the presentation quality of Sin City on Blu-ray is superb, the clumsy handling of the Blu-ray exclusives and the omission of one of the better standard-def features make this a disappointing release. Those with the deluxe box set DVD are probably better off staying put until another iteration comes around, probably when the oft-rumored Sin City 2finally makes it to the big screen.

While there's another stylized bar fight, believe it or not the best extra footage involves Marv and his mother -- and it's played for laughs. More surprisingly, they're really good laughs.

Nonetheless, Sin City does manage to create a giddy sense of sick, twisted fun as the unflappable good guys battle the Hell-bound bad guys. With that in mind, as far as schlock goes, Sin City is pretty good stuff. As an added bonus, there are plenty of quotable lines ("Kill him for me, Marv. Kill him good.") and it is satisfying to see the bad guys get their comeuppance.

There are a couple things missing from the standard DVD edition. There's no Sin-Chroni-City interactive tour, a real shame since it's a standout feature of the standard DVD release. In their place are two new items. One is Cine-Explore on the theatrical version and the other is Kill 'em Good, an interactive comic book on Disc 2.

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