Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis, Eva Green, Powers Boothe, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, Jaime King, Juno Temple, Christopher Lloyd, Jeremy Piven
Planting a femme fatale smack bang in the heart of Sin City is a daring act from directors Miller and Rodeiguez. It pays off, to an extent, as Eva Green's Ava controls all the men around her. She's a force to be reckoned with and a character like her is heavily needed to keep A Dame to Kill For different from Sin City. Ava is the only female with resilience and independence, the rest fall under male dominance. Expect more of the same with ADtKF; it keeps its film-noir aspects, relying on black and grey hues with the occasional colour thrown in. It looks better than ever. There's another huge cast, some old, some new. The ones we're familiar with slip in to their roles like they never left them whilst the news ones add depth to the cities' stories. There's another three episodes, one from the comic and two originals. It's hard to tell which is which unless you've read the comic. Miller and Rodriguez's second effort is very much like their first: for men. The cast have no trouble keeping us entertained; ADtKF is shorter and snappier than the first.
3/5
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