An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a hotel room for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, he soon finds out that not only his kidnapper has still plans for him, but that those plans will serve as the even worse finale to 15 years of imprisonment.

STARRING:

Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji, Dal-su Oh

YEAR OF RELEASE: 2003

SCREENWRITER: Jo-yun Hwang, Chun-hyeong Lim, Chan-wook Park

DIRECTOR: Chan-wook Park

RUNNING TIME: 120 minutes

STUDIO: Tartan Video

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: A

• Quentin Tarantino was a guest director on this film, the scene he filmed was the scene in the front seat of the car with Dwight and Jackie Boy. Tarantino agreed to direct the scene for a dollar, repaying the debt he owed Rodriguez who did the score for Kill Bill for a buck.
• Rodriguez originally wanted Johnny Depp to play the role of Jackie Boy, but he was unavailable. While at the Academy Awards, Rodriguez ran into Benicio Del Toro and saw him with long hair and immediately asked him not to cut his hair until he read the Sin City script. Del Toro signed on shortly after.
• Frank Miller had a bad experience with others trying to adapt Sin City and as a result refused to release any of his works to be made into film. Rodriguez loved the novels so much that he decided to film the opening scene to Sin City with Josh Hartnett and sent it to Miller along with a note that said "If you like this, this will be the opening to the movie. If not, you'll have your own short film to show to your friends." After seeing the footage Miller agreed to allow the making of the movie.
• Some of the people offered roles that didn't come to be include Steve Buscemi, Christopher Walken, Michael Douglas, and Willem Dafoe.
• Rodriguez said that he does not consider this film an adaptation, rather a translation, in fact Rodriguez does not even take a writing credit for this movie, he just credits Frank Miller with the writing of the graphic novels.
• The Director's Guild Of America refused to allow Frank Miller to be a co-director of this movie since he was not a member. Not wanting to sacrifice the movie or his beliefs Rodriguez decided to instead resign from the guild himself. As a result he had to rely heavily on Bob and Harvey Winestien for funding, and also had to give up his director's chair on the film John Carpenter Of Mars.