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  Review by Matt Singer ★½ 2

  Call me crazy, but I'm starting to suspect Frank Miller has some issues about women.

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  Review by Evan ★★★★ 9

  As most of you could have guessed, this film is incredible to look at. The visuals are simply outstanding.

  I am a huge fan of Sin City.I consider it to be my second favorite comic book film behind Watchmen. I literally eat dark comic book movies for breakfast. I was always looking forward to this movie, but I was never over-excited for it. The fact it took 9 years to come out and the early mixed reviews (mostly negative), also put a little bit of a damper on my excitement. Nonetheless, I was still really looking forward to this.

  I must say, I ate this film up. I certainly enjoyed the hell out of it. Between the hypnotic visuals, great…

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★½ 8

  Scandalous, over the top, and messy; Sin City: A Dame to Kill for is a worthy sequel to Sin City, bringing both the breathtaking visuals and brutal stories back in full force.

  The cast is all fantastic, with Eva Green and Joesph Gordon-Levitt bringing their A-game to their respective roles. Eva Green in particular, is hypnotic and sensual; instantly earning her place in the best film-noir femme fatales. Many favorites, such as Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis make appearances, with the latter playing a role that he's already played before. If you catch my drift. Powers Boothe is deliciously evil, overloaded with power and constantly conniving. Jessica Alba is terrible as always, playing a stripper that is always clothed, which…

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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★ 10

  Action! - Three Auteurs: El Campamento De Robert Rodriguez

  
  Whenever I critique a film, the first thing I usually do is try to judge it not so much based on what I would like it to be but rather on what I think the film's goals are. As such, if this sequel aims to be less of a conventional film and more of an exercise in style and editing, then the film is a resounding success, because even though its aesthetics and tricks are not as new as when they were first introduced, there are still wonderful moments and sequences that left me speechless. The direction is equally great from Frank Miller and Rodriguez, with the latter bringing a certain…

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  Review by CinemaCl🎃wn ★★★ 11

  Back in 2005 when Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez teamed up to transition Miller's graphic novel Sin City into a live-action motion picture, it was hailed by critics & viewers alike as a groundbreaking cinematic feat that brought on screen something never done before, never seen before & never experienced before. Nine years later arrives its long-awaited sequel & it isn't as bad as its reception reflects.

  Maybe it was my low expectations due to early disappointing reviews that did the trick but I had a wonderful time with this film as it has the style that made its predecessor an instant classic, the stories are fairly good & although it lacks the freshness of the original, it still makes up for one entertaining ride.…

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  Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★½ 8

  Noir-November Challenge! Movie #43

  The visuals were equally as impressive as its predecessor! The action, violence and kill ratio were increased! The film took on a much darker atmosphere!

  For these reasons alone you got MORE than your moneys worth of movie entertainment!

  What was absent from the sequel was the way too cool factor that was established in the original through the characters Hartigan (Bruce Willis), Marv (Mickey Rourke) and Dwight (Clive Owen). In the sequel these characters are less animated and more subdued!

  Another thing absent was the comic book factor in the original where Marv for example was involved with several violent scenes that reminded me of Roadrunners Wile Coyote falling off a cliff and getting an…

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  Review by davidehrlich ★ 3

  Like a 13-year-old boy having a wet dream during THE BIG SLEEP.

  My full review on Little White Lies: www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/theatrical-reviews/sin-city-2-a-dame-to-kill-for-27569

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  Review by Slig001 ★★★★ 1

  This might not be a popular opinion, but I have to say I prefer this Sin City sequel to the original. The film retains the visual style that made Sin City such an experience, but other elements are scaled back. Some of the characters feel toned down and the ridiculous over the top action scenes are mostly absent, which is fine by me. This is much closer to real noir, with extra trashiness added in certain key areas. Furthermore, the stories featured here have much more variety than the three in the original: with the title track "A Dame to Kill For" taking the cake for best of the whole bunch. This one dominates the runtime and rightly so. It's…

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  Review by Bruno ★★★½ 16

  What a fine sequel this was! Despite losing some of the freshness and amazement of the first installment, Frank Miler and Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For was just as vibrant, stylish and darkly funny. Mickey Rourke’s character continued to be my absolute favorite one of the bunch as he always inserts a great dose of excitement and twisted humor in all the segments he’s in. Jessica Alba’s involvement was much more interesting and powerful this time around for me. Also, I thought all three story arcs were quite compelling and nicely put together. Sometimes the pacing can be a bit of a slow burn, but nothing too distracting. Overall, I have to say I’m satisfied with the sequel and the final result was certainly worth the long wait.

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  Review by Kieron Moore ★ 3

  So damn manly.

  Men going around smashing other men. Big muscly scary men. Pulling each other's eyes out, throwing them through windows, kicking them in the manhood. The manliest place to kick a man.

  Sure, the women get to jump around and have fun murdering too – "strong female characters"? – no, they're without exception motivated, defined even, by the big muscly scary men they're in love with.

  Nothing original, nothing emotional, nothing clever. Lots of face-smashing.

  It looks nice, though.

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  Review by King #adoptdontshop ★★½ 2

  The visuals of Sin City: A Dame To Kill For are amazing and the cinematography is impressive, accentuated by a fine performance from an ensemble cast. The presentation of human depravity and salacious living is done well too.

  But, there's no lasting impact. To have nudity, sex, violence and gore pervade a picture and still emerge a bore, colorless neo-noir is just frustrating. The stylish approach gets weary easily. Granted, I haven't seen the original Sin City (2005) but for a prequel that's supposed to highlight the backstories and shed light on flawed characters, A Dame To Kill For is punishingly rigorous to sit through.

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  Review by Ryan Francis ★★★★ 6

  This just so happens to be my 300th watched film this year...

  I guess this couldn't have possibly lived up to the hype that brewed deep within my soul during the agonizing nine-year wait since the first Sin City film - although, not saying it still didn't satisfy to a decent extent.

  Loved the entire cast, both new and old; the awesome over-the-top action; and, of course, the triumphant return of those astonishing visuals. My main problems were a couple seemingly missed opportunities here and there, interesting characters being unfortunately underused and there were a few times throughout the film that seemed a bit too disjointed -- but then Eva Green would show up onscreen naked for the sixth time…