Comic book (literally) comes to life in 2005’s “Sin City”, which really pushed the boundaries of film and printed page. It was co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, so expect heavy weaponry and gore, and written/adapted by Frank Miller from his “Sin City” graphic novels.

The movie involved several A-list actors such as Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Benicio del Toro, Nick Stahl, Elija Wood, and many more (it seemed even the “extras” on Sin City’s set were Hollywood’s elite!).

For this installment of Plumbing At The Movies, I recall a special scene from Miller’s “The Big Fat Kill” chapter of the film, in which good-guy Dwight (Owen) is disturbed by the continued harassment of his girlfriend Shellie (Brittany Murphy) by her ex-boyfriend, not-so-good-guy Jackie Boy (del Toro). In order to scare Jackie Boy off, a surprise beating takes place when Dwight emerges from his hiding place in the shower, and ends with Jackie Boy’s head being shoved into a urine-filled toilet bowl.

“If you ever so much as think [Shellie's] name, I'll cut you in ways that’ll make you useless to a woman,” Dwight warns Jackie Boy, encouraging him to leave Shellie alone. (a long version of this scene can be found here. Things get good around the four-minute mark.)

This chapter of the movie goes on to where Jackie Boy and his thugs receive their ultimate come-uppance, and the story progresses to an all-out street war between dirty cops and the city’s prostitutes.