So I guess “Sin City: A Dame For Which to Kill” didn’t sound sexy enough, so here we are with “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,” the sequel to the hugely popular and pioneering 2005 surprise hit “Sin City.” When that original movie came out with it’s entirely green screened environs and over the top comic book mentality and hard boiled, R-rated approached, it hit everyone like a shotgun blast to the chest. It was new, fresh, original and different, and when it was over, we all wanted more.

But they took too long to give us more, because here we are almost a decade later and “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” does not pack the same punch. And rest assured, they try to deliver the same impactful blow with the style and content, but it’s just not there, not like it was back in 2005. The sight of real actors working against entirely computer generated sets is no longer novel, comic book based movies are being rammed down our throats now more than ever, and also this movie recalls just as much of “Sin City” as it does the disastrous and woeful “The Spirit” (which was written and directed by this movie’s writer and co-director Frank Miller, a legend in the comic book industry and something of an anomaly in the movie industry). As it is, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” has all of the same over the top style and violence and intensity, but it lacks the fun and meaning and inventiveness of the original.Continue Reading …