Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.

Directors:

Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez

Writers:

Frank Miller, Frank Miller (graphic novels)

Stars:

Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin

4 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mickey Rourke	...	Marv
Jessica Alba	...	Nancy
Josh Brolin	...	Dwight
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Johnny
Rosario Dawson	...	Gail
Bruce Willis	...	Hartigan
Eva Green	...	Ava
Powers Boothe	...	Senator Roark
Dennis Haysbert	...	Manute
Ray Liotta	...	Joey
Christopher Meloni	...	Mort
Jeremy Piven	...	Bob
Christopher Lloyd	...	Kroenig
Jaime King	...	Goldie / Wendy
Juno Temple	...	Sally

Storyline

Marv is unconscious on a highway surrounded by corpses. When he awakes, he has amnesia and tries to recall his last steps from the Kadie's saloon on the Saturday night. He recalls that he found four playboys burning a homeless man alive and defended the poor man. Marv hunts them down and kills the group. The cocky gambler Johnny hits jackpot in slot machines in the Kadie's saloon and invites the waitress Marcie to go with him to play poker game against the powerful Senator Roark. He wins the game and suffers the consequence of his arrogance. The private detective Dwight McCarthy is contacted by his former lover Ava Lord that asks to meet him at the Kadie's saloon. Ava asks him for forgiveness for leaving him to marry the wealthy Damian Lord. However her strong chauffeur Manute takes her home. Dwight snoops around Ava's house but is found and beaten by Manute and the bodyguards. When he returns home, Ava is waiting for him naked in the bed and seduces him again. Then she tells that ...

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Plot Keywords:

female frontal nudity | female rear nudity | torture | talking on a phone while having sex | female ninja | 

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Taglines:

Outlaws Will Becomes Heroes in a City Without Justice

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong brutal stylized violence throughout, sexual content, nudity, and brief drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 August 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sin City 2

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,317,683, 22 August 2014, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$13,757,804, 27 November 2014

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$39,407,616, 27 November 2014

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aldamisa Entertainment, Demarest Films, Miramax

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS Dolby SR

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dwight McCarthy, played by Clive Owen in the original Sin City (2005), is now played by Josh Brolin before the plastic surgery to change his face that Shellie (Brittany Murphy) mentions in the first movie.

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Goofs

Nancy states that in the first Sin City, Hartigan killed himself by sticking a gun in his mouth and shooting. He actually shot himself in the forehead.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Marv: Metal screams. Something hits me square in the chest. There's no up or down. I don't weigh a thing.

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Crazy Credits

Robert Rodriguez's credit for cinematography and editing is displayed as "Shot and cut by Robert Rodriguez".

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Connections

Featured in Nostalgia Critic: Top 11 Best Film Trailers (2014)

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Soundtracks

I'm Lonely
Written and Performed by Rebecca Rodriguez

User Reviews

If you liked the first one, you'll like/love this one, too

I got to see an advance screening last night. If you're a fan of the first Sin City, you won't be disappointed. It's more of the same, but that's a good thing: hyper-stylized visuals, intense violence, plenty of splattered blood. Film Noir cranked up to 11.

Jessica Alba doing her stripper grind? CHECK. Mickey Rourke causing much harm? CHECK. Josh Brolin is new to the franchise and he is GREAT! JGL is new to the franchise and he is GREAT! But the film really belongs to Powers Boothe. He is just pure evil. If you liked him as Cy Tolliver in Deadwood you'll love him in this.

The only drawback is that the original Miho (Asian female killer) was apparently pregnant at the time of the filming of the sequel, so they had to replace her. That's kind of a bummer.

Fans of the comic / graphic novel will be happy. Fans of Robert Rodriguez will be happy. GO!