It may be somewhat surprising to see a movie based on a comic book on a list of the most violent movies of all time, but "Sin City," written and co-directed by Frank Miller, absolutely earns its place. The hyper-stylization of the film makes the violence that much more striking while also lending it an otherworldly quality that makes it removed from reality.
The film offers the audience several vignettes of stories that take place in and around the fictional Basin City. Each of these stories includes significant and horrific violence perpetrated by villains, from cannibalism to sexual assault of children, and by heroes, who decapitate and castrate the villains.
"Sin City" feels inspired by the noir films of the 1940s and '50s and seems determined to include all the violence that those films could not because of the censorship of the time. "Sin City" is a rare comic book movie that's just not for kids because of its violence, but it's too intense for a lot of adults as well.
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