Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

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Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

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Released Aug 22, 2014

1h 41m

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The damaged denizens of Sin City return for another round of stories from the mind of Frank Miller. In "Just Another Saturday Night," Marv (Mickey Rourke) struggles to recall a nasty run-in with some frat boys. In "A Dame to Kill For," Dwight McCarthy (Josh Brolin) forsakes his battle with his inner demons to help Ava Lord (Eva Green), the woman of his dreams and nightmares. In "Nancy's Last Dance," Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba), mad with grief and rage over Hartigan's death, vows revenge.

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Critics Consensus

A Dame to Kill For boasts the same stylish violence and striking visual palette as the original Sin City, but lacks its predecessor's brutal impact.

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David Sims

AV Club

To call Sin City noir is to misunderstand the genre, as perhaps Miller does. Each story ends pretty simply-in brutal fighting and murder-and lacks genuine intrigue or ambiguity.

Sep 22, 2016

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

The duration between the first film and its sequel doesn't fully explain the new film's flaws, it's quite instructive when examining the reactions to them.

Jun 18, 2016

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David Stratton

The Australian

There's a bleak beauty to all of this, but also there's a reliance on stereotypes, male and female, that, while they come directly from the source material, are starting to become irritating.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 22, 2014

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Moments of greatness do occur, and the audience is rapt throughout, just with less unbridled enthusiasm than when we last visited Miller's world nine years ago.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 29, 2022

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Therese Lacson

Nerdophiles

Haters Gonna Hate, But I Loved Being Back in Sin City

Rated: 4/5

Oct 9, 2021

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

There's nothing to wow here.

Rated: C+

Aug 31, 2021

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Jerod S

How'd they get so many to sign on to this? Once the visuals wear off, you're left with a flat albeit bloody and sensual story.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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Brian H

Still the same comic book visuals, still great lines, still some very solid acting, just not as fresh or good as the original.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/25

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Shioka O

Somewhat it looks more cartoonish and aged than the predecessor. Eva Green is so beautiful.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/25

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Obi-wan K

Bruh

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/02/25

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riad p

only for Lady Gaga's part also the acting is so good love for evrey actor and actress

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/24/24

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Georgan G

Great actors doing great acting. Amazing interwoven animation, cool B&W with one character in color, outstanding action plus good ol' good versus evl. Sorry to say, no third film will be made.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/21/24

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Synopsis

The damaged denizens of Sin City return for another round of stories from the mind of Frank Miller. In "Just Another Saturday Night," Marv (Mickey Rourke) struggles to recall a nasty run-in with some frat boys. In "A Dame to Kill For," Dwight McCarthy (Josh Brolin) forsakes his battle with his inner demons to help Ava Lord (Eva Green), the woman of his dreams and nightmares. In "Nancy's Last Dance," Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba), mad with grief and rage over Hartigan's death, vows revenge.

Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Producer: Robert Rodriguez, Aaron Kaufman, Stephen L'Heureux, Alexander Rodyansky, Mark C. Manuel
Screenwriter: Frank Miller
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Troublemaker Studios, AR Films
Rating: R (Nudity|Brief Drug Use|Sexual Content|Strong Brutal Violence)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 22, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 7, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.8M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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