Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
What critics thought
The sequel arrives with Sin City's signature black-and-white visual style intact, but most critics found it a diminished return — the shock and invention of the 2005 original replaced by repetition and narrative tedium. Eva Green was nearly universally singled out as the film's saving grace, with reviewers noting the film visibly deflates whenever she leaves the screen. A handful of defenders felt fans of the original would find it a satisfying enough revisit, but the majority landed somewhere between disappointed and bored.
“Rare indeed is the movie that features this many bared breasts, pummeled crotches and severed noggins and still leaves you checking your watch every 10 minutes.”
Justin Chang·Variety
“Eva Green is sexy, funny, dangerous and wild — everything the film needed to be — and whenever she's not on screen, we feel her absence as though the sun has blinked off.”
Amy Nicholson·LA Weekly
“Punishingly stylized, this marriage of comic-book panels and hard-boiled dialogue has a heaviness that can't be explained solely by its cynicism or lack of wit. It's a blunt instrument whose visual shadings far surpass the kill-or-be-killed storytelling.”
Jeannette Catsoulis·The New York Times
“For those who appreciated Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's 2005 campy, kinetic film noir homage, Sin City, the 2014 follow-up, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is unlikely to disappoint.”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
Genres
Action, Animation, Crime
Cast & Crew
Frank MillerDirector
Robert RodriguezDirector
Jessica AlbaNancy
Bruce WillisHartigan
Mickey RourkeMarv
Josh BrolinDwight
Joseph Gordon-LevittJohnny
Eva GreenAva
Rosario DawsonGail
Powers BootheSenator Roark
Dennis HaysbertManute
Ray LiottaJoey
Stacy KeachWallenquist
Jaime KingGoldie / Wendy
Robert RodriguezComposerRobert RodriguezCinematographySin City: A Dame to Kill For
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
What critics thought
The sequel arrives with Sin City's signature black-and-white visual style intact, but most critics found it a diminished return — the shock and invention of the 2005 original replaced by repetition and narrative tedium. Eva Green was nearly universally singled out as the film's saving grace, with reviewers noting the film visibly deflates whenever she leaves the screen. A handful of defenders felt fans of the original would find it a satisfying enough revisit, but the majority landed somewhere between disappointed and bored.
“Rare indeed is the movie that features this many bared breasts, pummeled crotches and severed noggins and still leaves you checking your watch every 10 minutes.”
Justin Chang·Variety
“Eva Green is sexy, funny, dangerous and wild — everything the film needed to be — and whenever she's not on screen, we feel her absence as though the sun has blinked off.”
Amy Nicholson·LA Weekly
“Punishingly stylized, this marriage of comic-book panels and hard-boiled dialogue has a heaviness that can't be explained solely by its cynicism or lack of wit. It's a blunt instrument whose visual shadings far surpass the kill-or-be-killed storytelling.”
Jeannette Catsoulis·The New York Times
“For those who appreciated Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's 2005 campy, kinetic film noir homage, Sin City, the 2014 follow-up, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is unlikely to disappoint.”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
Genres
Action, Animation, Crime
Cast & Crew
Frank MillerDirectorRobert RodriguezDirectorJessica AlbaNancyBruce WillisHartiganMickey RourkeMarvJosh BrolinDwightJoseph Gordon-LevittJohnnyEva GreenAvaRosario DawsonGailPowers BootheSenator RoarkDennis HaysbertManuteRay LiottaJoeyStacy KeachWallenquistJaime KingGoldie / WendyRobert RodriguezComposerRobert RodriguezCinematography