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:

There is no justice without sin.

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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

During the seven-year gap between the first Sin City (2005) and the beginning of principal photography on this film, Brittany Murphy and Michael Clarke Duncan passed away, forcing Robert Rodriguez to re-cast their respective roles of Shellie and Manute (Dennis Haysbert). Due to Devon Aoki's pregnancy at the start of production, the character of Miho was also re-cast, with Jamie Chung replacing Aoki. Jeremy Piven also ended up replacing Michael Madsen as Bob.

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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

Skin City
Written by Robert Rodriguez
Performed by Steven Tyler

User Reviews

Bland.

I'd like to begin by saying the original 2005 Sin City is one of my favorite movies. The way it was put together, the cinematography, the characters, the dialogue...everything. It was truly a breakthrough film. This sequel however is a letdown. It's not the type of letdown where the product can't match the hype, it's just everything I enjoyed about the first movie turned over. Yes, A Dame to Kill For is still broken into chapters and shot in B/W with occasions flashes of color, and I loved the allusions to the previous film and comic books- however, in contrast to the rich character depth and storyline, the storyline(s) is flat, bland, and lacks the energy the dialogue contained in the previous film. Also, the storyline isn't remotely as interwoven as it was in the previous, the directors struggled to keep the chapters intertwined-the *only* connection being Kadie's Bar, which all of the characters visited at least once. I appreciated that Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller attempted to bring humor into the mix, but Marv's second, "I hope you don't mind me saying this...." scene really doesn't belong in the movie.

This was my first review I hope you like it, I know it's not perfect, but these are my thoughts in a nutshell.