Movie fan's nose bitten off in Sin City row

A movie fan had his nose bitten off outside an Australian cinema in an argument over the quality of the violent new Bruce Willis movie Sin City.

The 19-year-old victim underwent surgery to reattach the tip of his nose following the brawl last night outside the cinema in Bathurst, 125 miles west of Sydney.

Bathurst police Inspector Cameron Lindsay said the victim and his attacker got into an argument over the merits of the movie, an adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel about a wicked metropolis filled with tough guys and gorgeous women. The movie has been praised by critics for its dark, computer-generated imagery and criticised for its non-stop violence.

Police were still hunting for the attacker.

“There’s been an argument, apparently over how good the movie was, and then an altercation,” Lindsay said.