borbatr-1 Put up the first five minutes from this movie and then put up 'murder my sweet' on and glimpse the originality. That's actually positive, getting good references. Not a good casting, good actors in wrong roles, and unnecessary lame special effects. I get it, got to keep yours eyes on screen, but that ending scene was too much. The rest of the effects, lightning, filters, psychedroad movie scenes were OK, but not really his style, Not really, but OK, though.

Bob Angilly (staffba3) The basic plot is the same as the Raymond Chandler novel and two previous films (Murder, My Sweet with Dick Powell and a later version with Robert Mitchem). Bandaras plays a similar hard boiled private eye to Philip Marlowe, hired by a huge ex-boxer and ex-con to find his lost stripper girlfriend. He travels from LA to finally Mexico but along the way meets an assortment of interesting characters, gets beaten up a lot, and gets involved with a search for lost diamonds and the meaning of the universe. Beautiful surreal use of colors and a lot of green screen effects. Some classic cars. Elements of David Lynch and The Big Lubowski as well. A lot of fun and very unique.

sismanossteam Yes, refreshingly exciting, this is what i just felt during and after watching this not high-budget action-romance story. Banderas is back, very good performance. Fichtner not brilliant but psycho as it suits him, i love this individual's psychology. In general nice performing in an usual storyline. I liked the "sin city's" way of going through the movie. All in all i enjoyed this movie that hooked me since the first moment. it had a start and an end. through the whole movie i wanted to pay attention, the mystery helps but the story was making you feel that way.Smart and enjoyable, i would suggest you spare 99 minutes for this piece. Enjoy !

gradyharp THE BIG BANG is one of the most fascinating uses of color on film. It is a study in graphic design, palette exploration, and crafty editing and manipulation of film. And for that alone the film provides entertainment. Not as much can be said wither for the writing or directing or acting. It is a bizarre mix of film noir, sci-fi, and old fashioned crime dramas that just doesn't manage to end up with anything novel - except for the look. 'A private detective Cruz (Antonio Banderas) is hired to find a missing stripper (Sienna Guillory) but the job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. From the mean streets of Los Angeles to the desolate desert of New Mexico, Cruz must contend with a brutal Russian Boxer, three brash LAPD detectives (Thomas Kretschman, William Fichtner, Delroy Lindo), an aged billionaire (Sam Elliott) looking for the Big Bang, and the billionaire's stunningly gorgeous wife. The solution to the mystery will cost ten lives, net $30 million and just might explain - well - everything.' It would be difficult to summarize the unsummarizable better. Toss in a few good cameos by Snoop Dogg, James Van Der Beek, Autumn Reeser, Rebecca Mader and Robert Maillet and you have a colorful cast without a whole lot to say. Despite its weak storyline the film takes on a life of its own with flashback sequences taking us out of the initial interrogation room while Banderas tells the story - and tantalizes the cops with knowledge of diamonds. The film often seems like a parody of serious crime films and as such it is entertaining. Grady Harp