Sine City: A Dame To Kill For was released in 2014, nine years after the first movie was released. Sine City: A Dame To Kill For is based on the graphic novels that sees interweaving tales of old and new faces of Sin City. The movie stars Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson, Eva Green, Powers Boothe, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, Christopher Meloni, Jeremy Piven, Christopher Lloyd, Jaime King, Juno Temple, Stacy Keach, and Jamie Chung.

I saw Sin City years ago. I have finally gotten around to watching Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. I did like Sin City when I saw it. I thought Sin City: A Dame To Kill For was interesting. The movie is shorter than the first one. The first one was a little over two hours. This one is a little over a hundred minutes. Toward the end of the movie, it felt a bit long. I was a little bored too. The movie felt a little weird. The first movie was odd but that was part of the charm. This movie seemed a bit weirder this time around. The cast does a good job. Once again there was a good ensemble. There were some differences. Some characters were recast for various reasons. Manute played by Michael Clarke Duncan, is played by Dennis Haysbert in this movie. Micael Clarke Duncan passed away before the movie filmed. One casting change that did not make sense was swapping Devon Aoki out for Jamie Chung as Miho. Even Josh Brolin as Dwight made sense from a story point. Clive Owen played the character in the first one.

Since City: A Dame to Kill For bombed when it was released whereas the first movie did fairly well. I am not that surprised after watching the movie. It seemed too much time had passed when this movie was finally released. The effects were good, and this movie is primarily black and white with splashes of color just like the first one. This movie was heavily stylized, violence level. In fact, it seemed over the top at times. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but it did have some Deadpool vibes. Deadpool has a tendency to get away with things like that whereas Sin City always seemed to be meant to be taken a little bit more seriously. Tone makes a difference. At times it seemed like A Dame To Kill For was more about the violence than it was the plot. There were storylines but the common thread seemed to be over the top violence. From an emotional standpoint, I was not able to feel anything toward any of the characters in anyway shape or form. That might be more a me thing, but I just did not feel anything at all toward any of the characters. I also got bored at times throughout the movie.

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For is an interesting movie that is over the top and heavily stylized. It has strong performances from a good ensemble and blends black and white and splashes of color well. The movie clocks in a little over a hundred minutes which felt slightly too long. Out of comic and graphic novel adaptations, this is not one of the best but it’s not one of the worst either.