Robert Rodriguez's audacious digital experimentation brings the noir visuals of Miller's panels to life. The amazing gritty characters, and especially Mickey Rourke's performance, really helps the film, which is very much driven by its visual style. However, it does highlight the issues with adapting this. By directly translating the two dimensional and hyper masculine style of the comic, the adaptation treats the text as a holy scripture that shouldn't be changed. This has led to a lack of depth in the drama.