Review of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) by Sgt. C — 18 Dec 2014

(58%).

How long is too long for a follow-on sequel? Five years? eight? I'd say it's when actors who appeared in the original have since sadly passed on (Brittany Murphy, Michael Clarke Duncan) being a good indicator that too long a span of time has gone by for a sequel to have any real chance of making a relevant impact with a constantly bombarded audience. The unique visual style, despite it working perfectly well, is no longer fresh, and besides that the grouping stories just aren't as strong or as well told as the original; and yet the more problematic issues surrounding the original (corny lines, overly cartoonish characters) are brought over leading to a movie that is without any doubt twice as flawed as its predecessor. This though isn't a total flop. The cast is as good as ever with Eva Green being pretty much perfect in her role, even if her numerous nude scenes almost appear to be in a pattern of clothed, nude, clothed, nude etc throughout the entire movie, with the main intention solely to spice up duller parts of the movie that have very little of anything else to offer. And despite all the bloodshed, boobs, and bullets this feels oddly tame and tepid as almost all the bite of the original just hasn't made its way over to this one. Overall this is just about worth a look for fans, but I can't say I ever really want to go back to Basin city ever again, which is a shame.