12/20/2023 0 Comments A dame to kill for frank miller![]() ![]() Her quest to avenge Hartigan is the largest chunk of follow-up events compared to the first movie, and it’s her story that makes for the violent climax of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Despite the unheard pleas of Hartigan’s ghost, Nancy nonetheless desires to exact revenge on corrupt Senator Roark, once again played by Powers Boothe. Nonetheless, Rourke does a little better with even Miller’s dicier lines, and his team-up with Nancy that was teased in the trailers is a particularly cool moment for his character.Īlba meanwhile is given much more to do in this second movie as Nancy, now a bitter and angry young woman who lusts for revenge after the death of Hartigan. Most of the time, he plays into Nancy’s plot, serving as a sort of protector to Alba’s character, and spending most of the movie drinking, busting heads, or giving cryptic advice to other characters. Rourke continues to impress as the gruff and violent Marv, even if he seems to have a lesser story than the other leads. Green is a highlight in general in fact, since she’s no doubt who many viewers paid to see in the first place, and trust me, she doesn’t disappoint as the ultimate man-eater. Brolin continues to convey the character’s unmistakable edge, but he nonetheless remains easily shaped and foiled by Ava, with Brolin and Green sizzling up the screen in even the most tense scenes that they share together. The dame in question is Ava Lord, portrayed aptly by Eva Green, a vile seductress who gets her kicks from bleeding rich and powerful men dry, and, naturally, tormenting Dwight with her very presence.ĭwight is clearly a younger and more lost character than he was in the first movie, which is understandable, given that his story unfolds before the events of the original Sin City entirely. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is still mostly an ensemble movie, though the character most worthy of being a lead is probably Dwight, whose segment revolves around the titular ‘Dame to Kill For’. Now, Josh Brolin portrays him, though Jessica Alba and Mickey Rourke reprise their roles of Nancy and Marv respectively, with Bruce Willis also returning as the ghost of Hartigan. Dwight’s story is a prequel segment, and it’s before he has the plastic surgery that changed his face to resemble Clive Owen. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For unfolds from the perspective of four core characters Dwight, Nancy, Marv, and Johnny, three of whom should be recognizable from the first movie. Despite the limited appeal though, it will entertain anyone who is actively seeking out the same kind of experience as the 2005 original. Of all the genre movies that hit the big screen this Summer season, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For definitely has the smallest audience. On the flip side though, any flaws that the first movie had are even worse in the second one. Since everything about the first movie feels amplified in the second, you could make the argument that, as a sequel, it’s superior to its predecessor. If you didn’t already love the first movie, you’ll probably find little to love about the second one, particularly with all of the re-casting, and the especially messy anthology-style storytelling. Or is that a prequel? This movie kind of jumps around.įrankly, this is a follow-up movie that seems to have been explicitly made for fans of its predecessor. It made for a movie quite unlike any other when the original Sin City hit the big screen in 2005, and only now, almost a whole decade later, have Frank Miller and director, Robert Rodriguez been able to get a sequel off the ground. Sin City is quite unique in terms of this kind of style, taking a very dark story and giving it a sleek comic book edge. As much as Sin City, both the movie and the comic, aims to be a dark and gritty tale of misery, hedonism and general human scum, there’s something oddly juvenile and almost darkly silly about the whole affair. ![]() A friend of mine ingeniously described Frank Miller’s Sin City series of comics rather succinctly as we walked into the theatre to experience this sequel It’s everything that your inner 14-year-old hopes to see when sneaking into an R-rated movie. ![]()
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