Sin (2003 film)

Dominic Wills of TalkTalk described Sin as "a kind of cross between Death Wish and 8mm".[4] DVD Talk journalist Shannon Nutt awarded the film two stars out of five, and wrote: "Sin makes for a decent rental... The plotline is rather predictable and similar to many other cop dramas you'll find out there, but the acting of both Rhames and Oldman put Sin just a notch above other releases in the same genre."[5] Forrest Hartman of the Reno Gazette-Journal gave the movie a "C-" score, and said: "It lacks the tension and cohesion that might have made it good. Locals may appreciate the nice Nevada backdrops, but there's not much more to recommend."[6] Critic Dennis Schwartz also rated the film "C-", and called it a "weakly directed revenge tale" with "stilted dialogue, a tired story, schematic action scenes, a questionable moral compass and uninspired acting (even from the noted headliners)".[7] Guardian writer Xan Brooks felt that with Sin, Oldman accepted a "barrel-scraping" role at the "low point" of his career.[8]

Oldman admitted in a 2005 interview with Time Out that he signed onto Sin purely for money, as he had not acted in some time and had recently settled a divorce. He said of the film: "Oh God, that's possibly the worst movie ever made. I even felt sorry for the trees they cut down for the script paper... If you're a connoisseur of the terrible, you might get a twisted joy out of it."[1]