A retired cop with a disability returns to the streets of Reno to protect his wayward sister.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 3-FEB-2004
Media Type: DVD
Grady Harp | Los Angeles, CA United States | 04/03/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"SIN is a minor movie with a fairly substantive message once we get to it. The film is out of focus, meandering between the beauty of the Nevada desert and the wildlife of downtown Reno, and these poorly edited sequences blur the product and pull the film down. Ving Rhames is a man of the desert, having been dismissed from the police department for some specific blunders - 'sins' as it were - and is left with a moaning existence, a once strong man left with a useless left arm trying to keep his sister from spinning down the drug abuse whirlpool. Gary Oldman is the mastermind, omniscient bad guy out for revenge for his brother's death at the hands of Rhames and in an eye for an eye retribution - his target for retribution is Rhames sister. His stalking of Rhames and the ultimate confrontation of the two 'sinners' who must deal with 'the wages of sin is death' curse make up the bulk of this dark film. One comes away from watching this film feeling that a serious re-write of the bulk of the script might have lead to an insightful statement. But the usual patter of Hollywood pizzazz stealing the eye from the brain puts this movie in purgatory. Good actors make the best of a bad situation."
Pretty good revenge movie with Oldman and Rhames
GreatMovieCriticForever | 12/18/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This is a pretty good cop revenge movie. Ving Rhames as
Eddie Burns tracking down the thugs who raped his sister and
sold as porn is great. Oldman as Charile Storm the old enemey
of Eddie whose out for his hide because of what he did to his
brother is good too.
Sure the movie isnt anything new but Rhames is hard to ignore
as is Oldman, the cop shoot scenes is played well and there is
some good suspense especially with the info about Eddie's
partner who might be betraying him.
Check out Sin."
SIN
Nial Westwood | London UK | 02/12/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"A strange film this, it has the feel of an HBO film and some bizzare sequences like a very unnesscary car chase that dose not end.A great actor like Gary Oldman sleepwalks through his token signature bad guy role,he is still brilliant.
Ving Rhames makes his mark as a relentless vigilante, with the use of one arm. Watch out for the quicksand sequence!
Apart from some good peformances this is a weird film."
Sin (Gary Oldman & Ving Rhames)
Ruth Hart | Florida, USA | 10/04/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The story will keep you on the edge of your seat. The end has an unexpected twist."