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 | female star appears nude | punched repeatedly | torture | 

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Taglines:

Outlaws Will Becomes Heroes in a City Without Justice

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Genres:

Action | 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

Did You Know?

Trivia

The last film of Powers Boothe.

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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

References Van Helsing (2004)

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Soundtracks

Absurd
Written by Michael James Bryant, Jonathan Howard Fugler and Michael James Tournier
Published by Music of V2 America
Administered by Domino Publishing Company

User Reviews

Not as good as the first one but still very solid and entertaining

Let me begin by saying that the first Sin City is one of my favorite movies of all time. I thought it was an absolute blast to watch, and the filming style blew me away.

A Dame to Kill For is the same type of movie as the first, but it is not executed quite as well. It may just be be cause the style lost some of its original appeal, but I thought it didn't live up to its predecessor. With that said, I still thought A Dame to Kill For was a great time at the movies. Everything about it was solid. It continued the action from the first and did not fail to keep me at the edge of my seat. And, Marv was his normal, b.a. self.

A Dame to Kill for consists of two story lines that are prequels to those of the first Sin City and one that is a sequel. I felt that it delivered very well in its attempt to support what happened in the first movie. I would recommend re-watching the first one so that you're fresh for this. Sometimes you can forget the names if you haven't seen it in a while.

Overall, this movie was great. If I had not seen the first Sin City, I would have been blown away.

I give it a 8/10. A definite must-see.

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, 24 August 2014

Gross USA:

$13,757,804

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$39,407,616

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aldamisa Entertainment, Demarest Films, Dimension Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS Dolby SR

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1