Sin City: Hell and Back

Ugh, this was awful. Standard Boy meets Girl, Girl gets kidnapped, Boy turns out to be a killing machine, kills a bunch of people, rescues Girl, and they live happily ever after. Except worse.

But, I have now finished Sin City. No more guilt about it sitting on my shelf unread.

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