Review of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) by Leon B — 11 Jul 2016

Review:

I'm really in two minds about this film because I stayed interested throughout, but when the movie had finished I couldn't remember what I had watched. There is about 3 storylines going on at once and none of them end that impressively. The worst storyline had to be Joseph Gordon-Levitt's, who played the gangsters son, because it seemed a bit pointless. You also have the weird story about Josh Brolin falling for his old lover and getting double crossed to take out her husband. That storyline also seemed to end abruptly without any join to the rest of the movie. You also have this scene with Ray Liotta and his mistress which doesn't go anywhere at all and you have the core storyline about Jessica Alba revenging the death of her lover, Bruce Willis, which is from the first movie but I honestly can't remember what happened. I knew that this film was going to be sketchy, right from the beginning when Mickey Rourke is suffering from amnesia but he can remember all of the gang signs in his old neighbourhood. I wasn't a big fan of the look of the first film but this one isn't too bad and the action scenes were pretty good. In all, the storyline is really patchy and the film seemed like various sketches more than a whole movie. The director could have easily split the different storylines into there own movies, which would have been a much better idea in my opinion. Watchable!

Round-Up:

Like the first movie in this franchise, Mickey Rourke is the best thing in it. I also liked Eva Green, who always puts in an airy performance like in most of her movies, but the film isn't pieced together that well. It would have been much better if the different storylines joined together at the end but the director chose to split them up, which was a bad idea. Judging by the box office takings, the audiences also wasn't that impressed with this sequel, which isn't surprising because it's all over the place. The acting from all of the cast was pretty good so the fault completely lies with the director.

Budget: $65million.

Worldwide Gross: $39.4million.

I recommend this movie to people who are familiar with the first movie in this franchise and who are into there action/thrillers based on revenge and deceit. 4/10.