The movie starts with the prequel parts of the first movie. Marv who chases and kills four boys who torture bums outside of Kadie's. Back at Kadie's again, Marv still watches the stripper Nancy as Johnny arrives there and wins on the gambles, including over Senator Roark on poker. The senator gets back on him, but not killing him. Way back, a private eye Dwight saves a prostitute Sally from being killed. He then gets called to meet Ava at Kadie's, but her husband's bodyguard fetches her. Vexed, Dwight tries to get back at the bodyguards but he gets beaten down twice. He asks Marv for help and they plow their way up to Dwight killing Ava's husband. Turns out Ava sets up Dwight to kill her husband.
She fails to kill Dwight afterward and Marv takes him away to Old Town. Dwight gets back on Ava. He gets discovered by Ava's bodyguard, but the Old Town girls have him backed up, and he's able to kill Ava. Back to Johnny, after getting his injuries fixed, he luckily gets a dollar from a waitress diner. He then goes back to win the slots and challenge Roark again. He taunts Roarkand gets shot in the head. Now the sequel part begins, Nancy reminisces about Hartigan, training and building up her nerves to avenge him. She sets her face up to have Marv as a back up. They both storm into Roark's place, where she then squares off the old vengeance.
As the first movie did seven years ago, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) rolls out it's story not confined just in a single character as the focus. It has four major segments of shorter stories which are linked by having certain characters involved in some or all of them. Most of this movie is prequel parts to the Sin City (2005) movie, expanding the story backward.
Quite the opposite from the other Frank Miller graphic novel adaptation of '300' stories, the action part in this movie is retaining preference of the less polished raw brutality to the stylized smooth sequencing action moves. The gun shootouts and fisted or bladed fights seem quite stupid as most of the enemies fall down easily or don't even retaliate at all. This keeps the comic aura very strong, compared to the slow motions used in 300 (2006) and 300: Rise Of An Empire (2014).
The photography also still takes us back to the 2005 predecessor, maintaining the dominant black and white coloration and contrasting primary colors on smaller objects. What I really liked is the camera angling done on the driving scenes. The way I see it, it's combining techniques using a moving camera on a jimmy jib shooting a stationary car with a background of green screen. Add a heavy dose of visual effects and suitable footage for the green screen backdrop, and .voila, you get the strange stationary 3D feel.
The acting is a great overall. Eva Green managed to maintain her cold ruthless look, succeeding in claiming a worthy spot among the other senior Sin City actors. Mickey Rourke still has his character's hard hitting action great to watch. Josh Brolin did a good job in portraying the character that Clive Owen already built in the first movie. Joseph Gordon-Levitt did also a nice job of acting although his character feels less significant.
My verdict for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) is a nice 7 out of 10 score. A recommendation to go and see is a definite one from me, After the long pause from it's predecessor, this movie sure can do the satisfaction as it's a worthy follow up.
She fails to kill Dwight afterward and Marv takes him away to Old Town. Dwight gets back on Ava. He gets discovered by Ava's bodyguard, but the Old Town girls have him backed up, and he's able to kill Ava. Back to Johnny, after getting his injuries fixed, he luckily gets a dollar from a waitress diner. He then goes back to win the slots and challenge Roark again. He taunts Roarkand gets shot in the head. Now the sequel part begins, Nancy reminisces about Hartigan, training and building up her nerves to avenge him. She sets her face up to have Marv as a back up. They both storm into Roark's place, where she then squares off the old vengeance.
As the first movie did seven years ago, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) rolls out it's story not confined just in a single character as the focus. It has four major segments of shorter stories which are linked by having certain characters involved in some or all of them. Most of this movie is prequel parts to the Sin City (2005) movie, expanding the story backward.
Quite the opposite from the other Frank Miller graphic novel adaptation of '300' stories, the action part in this movie is retaining preference of the less polished raw brutality to the stylized smooth sequencing action moves. The gun shootouts and fisted or bladed fights seem quite stupid as most of the enemies fall down easily or don't even retaliate at all. This keeps the comic aura very strong, compared to the slow motions used in 300 (2006) and 300: Rise Of An Empire (2014).
The photography also still takes us back to the 2005 predecessor, maintaining the dominant black and white coloration and contrasting primary colors on smaller objects. What I really liked is the camera angling done on the driving scenes. The way I see it, it's combining techniques using a moving camera on a jimmy jib shooting a stationary car with a background of green screen. Add a heavy dose of visual effects and suitable footage for the green screen backdrop, and .voila, you get the strange stationary 3D feel.
The acting is a great overall. Eva Green managed to maintain her cold ruthless look, succeeding in claiming a worthy spot among the other senior Sin City actors. Mickey Rourke still has his character's hard hitting action great to watch. Josh Brolin did a good job in portraying the character that Clive Owen already built in the first movie. Joseph Gordon-Levitt did also a nice job of acting although his character feels less significant.
My verdict for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) is a nice 7 out of 10 score. A recommendation to go and see is a definite one from me, After the long pause from it's predecessor, this movie sure can do the satisfaction as it's a worthy follow up.