Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

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Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

R

2014

1h 41m

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The damaged denizens of Sin City return for another round of stories from the mind of Frank Miller. In "Just Another Saturday Night," Marv (Mickey Rourke) struggles to recall a nasty run-in with some frat boys. In "A Dame to Kill For," Dwight McCarthy (Josh Brolin) forsakes his battle with his inner demons to help Ava Lord (Eva Green), the woman of his dreams and nightmares. In "Nancy's Last Dance," Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba), mad with grief and rage over Hartigan's death, vows revenge.

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Critics Consensus

A Dame to Kill For boasts the same stylish violence and striking visual palette as the original Sin City, but lacks its predecessor's brutal impact.

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David Sims

AV Club

09/22/2016

To call Sin City noir is to misunderstand the genre, as perhaps Miller does. Each story ends pretty simply-in brutal fighting and murder-and lacks genuine intrigue or ambiguity.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

06/18/2016

The duration between the first film and its sequel doesn't fully explain the new film's flaws, it's quite instructive when examining the reactions to them.

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David Stratton

The Australian

09/22/2014

3/5

There's a bleak beauty to all of this, but also there's a reliance on stereotypes, male and female, that, while they come directly from the source material, are starting to become irritating.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 28

2/5

The inspired comic recreation looks outstanding once again and the purposeful contrast levels are spot on to enhance the necessary atmosphere.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

07/29/2022

3/4

Moments of greatness do occur, and the audience is rapt throughout, just with less unbridled enthusiasm than when we last visited Miller's world nine years ago.

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Therese Lacson

Nerdophiles

10/09/2021

4/5

Haters Gonna Hate, But I Loved Being Back in Sin City

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Rich L.

@turnerfan77 1d

I finally got around to watching Sin City: A Dame To Kill For for the first time after rewatching the first Sin City. Unfortunately for me this was definitely a step down from the first film. Yes it had the same beautiful cinematography and some of the same cast but that’s were the similarities end with the sequel. The story is no where as engaging and even the acting from the better cast felt phoned in. Ultimately this isn’t a must watch as its predecessor.

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Robson C

@RT82519826 Jan 2

Uma nova antologia inspirada nos quadrinhos de Frank Miller acompanha Johnny desafiando o senador Roark no pôquer, Dwight reencontrando Ava, um amor do passado, e Nancy buscando vingança pela morte do policial John Hartigan. A continuação mantém o estilo do primeiro filme, com sexo, drogas e violência estilizada, mas as tramas não têm a mesma força — especialmente a última, centrada na vingança de Nancy, prejudicada pela limitação de Jessica Alba nesse tipo de papel. O restante do elenco se destaca: Marv é possivelmente o segundo melhor trabalho de Mickey Rourke, e Eva Green, Rosario Dawson, Powers Boothe, Josh Brolin e Joseph Gordon-Levitt também brilham. Como sempre se disse, Miller cria HQs cinematográficas, algo comprovado por Sin City e 300. O visual inspirado nos quadrinhos continua sendo o maior trunfo do filme

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Nov 19

I know this one gets a lot of hate, but I liked it because it was just one more movie that I could see done in the same way as the first one. And that was rewarding enough.

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tommy J

@RT55566390 Nov 1

Yea, kinda hard to keep my attention.

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Yilium A

@RT47361215 Sep 30

It respected the univers, the style of the first one: loved that. Pieces of different stories joining up was nice idea. My only regret: we don't have a part 3.

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T T

@RT36772819 Aug 10

I loved it, as with all the Frank Miller’s Sin City films amazing story and cinematography, brutal and satisfying.

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Synopsis

The damaged denizens of Sin City return for another round of stories from the mind of Frank Miller. In "Just Another Saturday Night," Marv (Mickey Rourke) struggles to recall a nasty run-in with some frat boys. In "A Dame to Kill For," Dwight McCarthy (Josh Brolin) forsakes his battle with his inner demons to help Ava Lord (Eva Green), the woman of his dreams and nightmares. In "Nancy's Last Dance," Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba), mad with grief and rage over Hartigan's death, vows revenge.

Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Producer: Robert Rodriguez, Aaron Kaufman, Stephen L'Heureux, Alexander Rodyansky, Mark C. Manuel
Screenwriter: Frank Miller
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Troublemaker Studios, AR Films
Rating: R (Nudity|Brief Drug Use|Sexual Content|Strong Brutal Violence)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 22, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 7, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.8M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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