Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
A Dame To Kill For shares some of the downsides of the first, particularly dubious female characterisation. But this retains the gritty, gruelling vice-grip on graphic-novel noir that made Sin City so enjoyable.
Not as groundbreaking as the original, nor as expansive as all the best sequels are. But with some excellent cast additions, and Miller on murky form, this still sizzles to the touch.
You’ll need a shower, but it won’t have to be cold.
Demonstrates the same strengths and weaknesses as the previous instalment.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For has some style – just not enough to justify a return visit.
Sin City 2: A return to comic fantasies for adults
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