I
enjoy Frank Miller’s Sin City comics and have for many years. And I enjoyed the
original Sin City movie, since it was about as close a comic adaptation as can
be made. Sin City is what it is—over the top, noir-inspired and blood-spattered
moderately good guys vs. bad guys. Sin City 2 was more of the same, and
probably slightly better than the first film. Three tales are twisted together
to form A Dame to Kill For; Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a can’t-lose poker player
going up against the evil Senator Roark (a scenery-chewing Powers Booth),
Stripper Nancy (Jessica Alba) vs. the same Senator Roark, and Dwight (Josh
Brolin) twisted around the finger of femme fatale Ava (a dangerously gorgeous
Eva Green). The tales zigzag in and out of each other, leading to characters
overlapping and man mountain Marv (Mickey Rourke) as a constant in all of them.
The movie really belongs to Eva Green, a tempting seductress who inspires men to
commit serious felonies for her. She’s naked most of the time, and that smoky
voice and those emerald green eyes are enticing. The movie is right out of the
comics, with two of the stories adapted from previous Sin City comics and
Gordon-Levitt’s tale being original for the movie. Stylized, violent and rather
fun, there are no surprises here. If you like Sin City comics or the first
movie, you’ll like this.
Apparently
most people didn’t, as I think my friend Rob and I were the only people in the
U.S. to see this movie over the weekend; it bombed royally. Well, we enjoyed
it.
Rating:
***½ out of 5 stars
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