"Sin City is a place where you always want keep you're eyes open" so let's begin to unveil the moments of the dark corners of Sin City as I explain the Pros and the Cons of the sequel.
The PROS
The Atmosphere of Sin City
Sin City 2 A Dame to Kill For has everything you love from the first installment. This sequel has everything as to offer such as the sex, power, greed and the over all violence that makes this city so very much alive. Every corner on the street, every dark back alley and every whore house you'll see everything what makes this City so threatening. What I truly love about BaSIN City is the tone and pulp style. The City fits the consistence of all its dirty grimy characters that live among the turmoil. The Black & White gritty atmosphere of Sin City offers depth defying life of a God forsaken city. The City becomes its own character, which becomes its own worst nightmare to the residents who have to forced themselves to live in such a cesspool of utter crime. If you miss everything what makes Sin City so special than Sin City 2 will surely won't not disappoint one Hell of ya bit.
The Sordid Characters
Each character's inner Sins haunts there quest for vengeance or there selfish gratitude. Each character segments has there own specific story which center around various enemies or one main specific enemy. Joseph Gordon Levitt's character Johnny who is a cocky smooth-talking-daring-gambler that also has a disturbing relationship with corrupt Senator Roark. Nancy is suffering mental issues after the aftermath of the death of Hartigan. And Marv intervenes with both Dwight, and Nancy Callahan personal goals as he becomes the brute who helps them both to help them obtain there vengeful desires. If you wanted more Marv and was unsatisfied of his screen time from the first movie, well no worries Marv becomes mainly the center point of the sequel. Marv is tougher, rugged, and disgusting as ever. Marv begins the movie smashing heads, knocking cop cars off the road and blasting goons heads off with assault rifles. Marv breaths and adsorb everything sinful about Sin City and lets all out by killing everybody that stands in his way, well if he feels like it that is. Ava the Dame that every man who wants to kill for is also a intriguing dame. Ava manipulates the very men who are weak enough that will do anything she wants with the use of the power of seductive sex. Ava reminds me of Poison Ivy in away, because with a simple kiss Ava can make any man to be her footstool.
3D and Special Effects
Personally I would rather watch a movie in 2D than 3D any day because its cheaper and it doesn't give you a headache after stepping out of the theater. Thankfully Sin City 2's 3D delivers regardless you're personal gripes of having to watch a movie in 3D. When every flashy scene comes right out you're face its like looking through a real life comic right a front of you. The Special Effects dose not feel like flashy throwaway effects at all. The special effects respectfully blends within closely to its source material. The Black & White creatively mixed with some color to balance the moods with each specific character or a certain situation. Such as Johnny's "lady luck" being very bright among the rest who are in black & white. Ava's eye being viper green and Marv's eyes turning red as he speaks with Dwight in a heated conversation about Eva inside the saloon. Nancy glowing effects every time she dances naughty on stage. The certain colors and the flashy effects brings out the life and characters in a gritty black & white world.
THE CONS!
A Dame too Slow to Kill For
Many scenes are engaging that you don't want to cut you're eyes away from the screen but sadly the Dwight story arch becomes dull throughout until it becomes interesting it'll the end. The actual Dame to Kill For Story is so long and stretched out you'll be thinking during the middle of the movie"I wonder what are the other more interesting characters doing?" Josh Brolin portrayal as Dwight makes you dreaming the possibilities as Clive Owen reprising the role as Dwight. Josh Brolin being the leading man felt boring and hollow compared to Owen's. However, the whole first segment felt so boring and slow until the end you wish you could fast forward through all the slow and uninteresting parts. No doubt seeing Eva Green's Boobs and brief sex scenes are fun to look at but it shouldn't tied down the story and pacing of a 2hr movie. Unlike the first Sin City the slow parts felt more engaging and interesting which made you to be more invested to see the next character's segment. Sadly the slow dragging scenes in Sin City 2 felt like you have to go through a boring old black & white melodrama without any interesting scenes to keep you a little in tuned throughout the story.
Bad Editing
Beside the overlong scenes in Sin City I thought the editing for the movie was done very poorly. One of them is Mort's short segment as of him being a trusted husband, a slightly corrupt cop and being seduced by Eva Green's lustful body and seductive voice. In the middle of Dwight's story segment Mort's character felt so wasted to a point he shoots himself in the head and his story is just left out without any purpose or meaning. I thought Dwight's segment could have been edited out among many other long scenes. Also some of Johnny's scenes felt sloppily put together and some scenes just felt choppy. The hidden father and son chemistry between Johnny and Senator Roark's I thought it felt rushed and forgettable. Many character segment could have been cut down to save some of the audience a useful hour of their precious time.
THE VERDICT
7/10
Sin City keeps the classic Sin City style and tone as the first but there is no denying follows behind its better predecessor.
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