![]() The second half of the original elevates its brutality but this one grinds down.Ava Lord is a fictional character in Frank Miller's Sin City universe, the title character in the graphic novel A Dame to Kill For. The second half gets tired like Nancy being tired of Kadie's. The most impressive thing is that Alba can still play her younger self. Somewhere along the line, I lose interest in the constantly rotating parade of characters. The look is still great but it doesn't have the same shock value. The originality of the visual look is long gone. The movie starts off fine but unimpressive. Ava turns on him and Gail (Rosario Dawson) takes him in. Years earlier, hard-boiled private eye Dwight (Josh Brolin) is still entranced by Ava (Eva Green) who keeps pulling him back in. The ghost of Hartigan (Bruce Willis) watches over Nancy who wants revenge against Roark. Johnny wins but Roark gets back at him knowing that he's his son. Gambler Johnny (Joseph Gordon Levitt) arrives at Kadie's Saloon and gets into Senator Roark (Powers Boothe)'s poker game in the backroom. He kills the guys with the help of the unseen residents of the Projects. Then he gives chase to a bunch of frat boys trying to torch a homeless man. He was watching Nancy (Jessica Alba) dance. Marv (Mickey Rourke) wakes up trying to recall the previous night. Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 5 / 10 Look no longer original and 2nd half grinds down And, just because I have a thing for super-villains, both Powers Booth and the unearthly sexy Eva Green depict two of the most loathsome people in the history of cinema. The humor and satire are as black as the photography, the death toll is uncountable, and the ensemble cast is fantastic. It's masterfully shown in black and white, with only a handful color-touches to emphasize details, it has raunchy voiceovers that make the hair in the back of your neck stand up, and every single character is a barrel full of mystery. "A Dame to Kill For" is just as stylish and meticulously perfect as its predecessor, and still a very powerful tribute to old-fashioned film-noir cinema. The segments are slightly less overwhelming, and the newly introduced characters aren't as fascinating as the ones from the original that do not return (with the notably exception of true goddess Eva Green as the deadliest Femme Fatale in history), but the brooding and grim atmosphere is still very authentic. Obviously, the element of surprise is gone, but all the rock-solid trademarks still stand. Bizarrely enough, it took these same two genius men almost a decade to come up with the sequel, but it was worth the wait. In between all the lame and goody-two-shoes adaptations of Marvel and DC comic books, the collaboration between artist Frank Miller and cult-director Robert Rodriguez stood out as unique, innovative, and immensely entertaining. To me - but, of course, I'm no Roger Ebert - the original "Sin City" belongs in the top three of greatest movies since the new Millennium. Reviewed by Coventry 8 / 10 Sin City remains a cult-movie to die for Marv rescues Dwight and takes him to the Old Town where Dwight finds his former lover Gail that helps him to recover while Dwight plots revenge against Ava.-Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil But soon Dwight finds that he was lured by Ava that shoots him. Damian denies the accusation but Dwight beats him to death while Marv tear Manute's eye out. Once again Manute takes Ava with him and hits Dwight that invites Marv to help him to rescue Ava. ![]() Then she tells that Damian and Manute torture her and soon she will be killed. When he returns home, Ava is waiting for him naked in the bed and seduces him again. Dwight snoops around Ava's house but is found and beaten by Manute and the bodyguards. However her strong chauffeur Manute takes her home. Ava asks him for forgiveness for leaving him to marry the wealthy Damian Lord. The private detective Dwight McCarthy is contacted by his former lover Ava Lord that asks to meet him at the Kadie's saloon. He wins the game and suffers the consequence of his arrogance. 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. Marv hunts them down and kills the group. He recalls that he found four playboys burning a homeless man alive and defended the poor man. When he awakes, he has amnesia and tries to recall his last steps from the Kadie's saloon on the Saturday night. Marv is unconscious on a highway surrounded by corpses. ![]()
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