![]() ![]() Sin City remains among Rodriguez’s biggest overseas hit (almost $85m), as well as his most successful non- Spy Kids entry domestically ($74m). ![]() ![]() The showiest role belongs to Green as Ava, a knowing riff on the standard femme fatale that’s all scene-chewing bitchiness.Īrriving in the States (and UK) on August 22, Dame will cater to fans of the original Sin City (not to mention the graphic novels written by Dame co-director Frank Miller). But this sequel, which starts off promisingly, soon bogs down, its relish for tawdry, hyper-violent titillation eventually becoming as monochromatic as the black-and-white images. Sin City: A Dame To Kill For sports a similarly striking look, and the actors’ hard-boiled exuberance is apparent at each turn. The belated return trip proves less rewarding. 2005’s Sin City is one of filmmaker Robert Rodriguez’s best movies because its innovative green-screen technique freed him to indulge fully in the overblown comic-book aesthetic that’s long been his giddy trademark. ![]()
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