Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

People are voting emotionally.

Great Film overall

Boring

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is a little jumbled story wise. But overall, it is still an enjoyable follow up, to one of my personal favorite films. Much like the first film, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For presents another gorgeous glimpse of Frank Miller's Basin City. This film is trying to serve us a sequel, and prequel to 2005's Sin City. The result, I personally find to be a little jumbled. Such as, the story going back and forth.Just like the first Sin City; this film highly succeeds with cinematography and amazing visuals. Also, I feel like Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez put more focus into Dwight's (Josh Brolin) story, and character development, than the other characters. For example, most of the side actors/characters come in and out without really much of an effect of the story.The acting is once again done very well. This movie truly does have an all star cast. Especially Eva Green's character Ava Lord, and Joseph Gordon -Levitt's character Johnny.

I probably shouldn't even write a review of this film, but I will.I got this from Netflix for two reasons. 1) I love Clive Owen, the purported STAR of this film, who isn't in it; and 2) I love film noir.A mistake on both counts.I am not an aficionado of graphic novels. I will say the look of it is incredible - some of it was cartoony, some was black and white with a pop of color, some of it had real people against a cartoon background - I loved it. It was all amazing to look at. The violence was graphic, but not all of it, as a good deal of it was animated. Some of the violence was shown in shadow. I have a thing about taking out people's eyes and slashing their throats, however.And it certainly is noirish in its story and dialogue. But I am really sick of gratuitous female nudity. If Meryl Streep can have strong feelings about it, so can I.The cast was impressive: Mickey Rourke, Powers Boothe, Joseph Gordon- Levitt, Jessica Alba, Ray Liotta, Eva Green, Josh Brolin, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis, Dennis Haysbert, Christopher Meloni, Jeremy Piven, Christopher Lloyd, Lady Gaga, and Stacy Keach. The only one not in it was Clive Owen. The acting was done in that noirish, cynical style.If Clive is in any of these Sin City movies, I'll be skipping it. Not my thing. I think it's a man's movie.

*SPOILERS* I love the original Frank Miller's Sin City (2005) you can even read my review I wrote about the original -- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401792/reviews-1956 Do I like this one? Nope! I dislike this movie, because we didn't need another sequel who ruined the original movie. That story/segment was a sequel. Certain segments are prequels, and others are sequels (like the Hartigan one...that one took place after the Bruce Willis/segment one in the first flick). This movie confused the hell out of me, with all those sequels and prequels like seriously. Mickey Rourke as Marv died in the original movie but in here he is alive why? Character Dwight McCarthy was replaced by actor Josh Brolin! But why? Clive Owen was just awesome actor, they did not need to cast other actor in it. The movie is too short! Jessica Alba is terrible as usual and she plays a stripper that doesn't strip in an R rated movie! The character Nancy Callahan is completely ruined suddenly she changed her hairs and she went on a deadly rampage against senator Rourke! Beating her self up and using Marv (Mickey Rourke) to help her killing Senator Rourke (Powers Boothe) stupid! This movie is stupid!!!!If you enjoyed, or loved the first one like I did, then you will no doubt enjoy this one. Only problem is, they have taken a look at what worked in Sin City and cloned it almost identically for this one. You will enjoy the film, but be left with a certain.. why didn't they broaden the already excellent comic book world they created, instead of simply repeating the first one. Wouldn't buy it, but definitely worth renting. I am sorry people I don't get this film at all? Why is Hartigan (Bruce Willis) back as a ghost? That is stupid why putting an awesome best character back in this movie as a ghost?! He was so awesome in this movie and this one he was ghost who did do nothing! "Not even Eva Green's T*ts could save this movie...!". Robert Rodriguez does more crap movies than he does good ones!.).This entry was by the numbers (and that's putting it kindly). It lacked the energy and pacing of the first film. The stories were pretty boring this time around (especially Joseph Gordon Levitt's 2 part story of 'he wins poker, spends money, gets beat up, gets more money, wins poker again, dies. The End'). Alba didn't have the acting chops to be the lead in her story, and Willis just looked bored. Why was deadly Miho replaced now by actress Jamie Chung when she was played by actress Devon Aoki (2 Fast 2 Furious) in the original Sin City?! Sounds like the sequel itself is a sin. One giant cinematic sin. This sequel sounds tired, lame, cheap and worst of all boring. I will not be watching this one anytime soon and I am glad it bombed.The replacement casting of Josh Brolin as Dwight in a story I never particularly enjoyed in the first place, the loss of both Brittany Murphy and Michael Clarke Duncan and the announcement of a new, Nancy-centric story only gave weight to my feelings of absolute dread as I glumly handed my money to the girl behind the counter. And yet, as the theater lights went dim, somewhere inside was this faint glimmer of hope, the remembrance of how deeply I loved the first one, a chill of long-buried anticipation I hadn't felt since Revenge of the Sith. That turned out great, right? Oh wait, no, it sucked.Overall: The best way to sum up A Dame to Kill For is "direct to DVD." Everything about it looks like a cheap, cash-grab knock-off of the original. It's not awful... it's just not Sin City.Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (also known as Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For) is a 2014 American 3D neo-noir crime action thriller anthology film and follow-up to the 2005 film Sin City. Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, the script is written by Miller and is primarily based on the second book in the Sin City series by Miller.1/10 Score: F Studio: Aldamisa Entertainment, Demarest Films, Miramax, Dimension Films Starring: Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis, Eva Green, Powers Boothe, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, Jaime King, Christopher Lloyd, Jamie Chung, Jeremy Piven, Christopher Meloni, Juno Temple Directors: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller Screenplay: Frank Miller Based on Sin City by Frank Miller Producers: Robert Rodriguez, Aaron Kaufman, Stephen L'Heureux, Sergei Bespalov, Alexander Rodnyansky, Mark Manuel, Elizabeth Avellán Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 42 Mins. Budget: $65.000.000 Box Office: $39,407,616

Preparation for the sequel was long and committed. Rodriguez worked on other projects which, in truth, were of special artistic value, or are they just an example of creativity high-aestheticism trash, but there were many, and should the toil. Second part, named after one of the stories, comes a few years too late, so that it is not the clearest intention why he had done, and why now. Maybe Rodriguez just socialized with Miller, perhaps this is his desperate attempt to return to the first league, though spent and out of ideas, and maybe only two of them decided to comply with the fans. All in all, A Dame To Kill For is most recycled Sin City concept. Do not bring a lot of news, and those passed'm not sure how good or meaningful. First, there is a 3D, as the picture of the time, the evolution of film or whatever.