the movie be a starter to what really happen in phenix city . i be a grandchild of the people who really live the story . the truth never have come out to my knowledge . i have try to find the whole story out but the people who live it be still scar to tell it . phenix city be still run by crooked people . albert patterson be not quite the saint the story want you to believe . the story be film in phenix city . it still have some of the famous site in it that you see in the movie . the colonal funeral home still look exactly the same . but if you be want the real history of sin city you have to visit u and find people willing to tell you about ma beachies and her kindness . she do not get the name ma for nothing .