Film Review: 'Sin City-A Dame To Kill For' is too little, too late

Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez

Cast: Eva Green, Josh Brolin, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson, Powers Booth

Rating: ***

What's it about:

A man faces betrayal in love, a bar dancer goes a little crazy in her pursuit of revenge, a lucky kid goes up against a power-hungry poker-lovin' sore loser Senator. And a giant hulk of a drifter picks his fights. Just another day in Sin City.

What's hot:

A singular vision of beauty - Eva Green! Much like the 300 sequel, she rises above the banality of it all, a goddess who knows how to bend men to her will. Her cunning and allure is quite possibly the hallmark of her role here. She's mercurial as the treacherous Ava Lord. 

What's not:

t's a question that begs a reply. If the story is set sometime immediately after the events of the first film, why wait nine years to release a sequel?. A lot - drawing styles, movie-making technologies, VFX - everything has changed. Except for a few more splashes of colour. Sin City is so happy being cocooned in a time and place where the enemy remains the same, the punchlines remain the same, even the gluttons for punishment come back for more. There's no excitement left despite this being a Frank Miller/ Robert Rodriguez film.

What to do:

As a fan, this one is dead on arrival on account of having come so late. But if you're new to Sin City, well now's as good a time as any to get acquainted.