Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

SlyGuy21 While I posted a couple weeks ago that I found the first film dull, I think this might have elevated it. I thought these episodes, whether before or after the first film, added a lot to the world and characters that I thought was missing from the first movie. I love the "A Dame to Kill For" segment, and I thought Eva Green did a phenomenal job. The follow-up to "That Yellow Bastard" closed off the story well, which I thought ended kind of abruptly in the first film. And the segment with Joseph Gordon-Levitt I thought was good. If anything, that's the weakest segment, but it kept me interested, and fit well into Roark eventually getting killed. This has done what I thought was impossible, it made me want to see the first one again, and give it a second opinion. A sequel that renews interest in the original, 9 years after the first one was made. Well done.

gemandeye1 I'm not an avid 3D lover. Many give me a headache. But some are just so much better and enhance the movie. This is one. While I definitely love the first and it will be a classic, iconic, cult hit for generations to come this was a great sequel that does not deserve some of the hateful remarks, yet everyone is entitled to their opinion. The simplest of the 3D is what blew me away. Take note of the smoky rooms and the falling snow. It truly looks as if it is all around you. It wasn't the usual bullet or weapon flying at your face routine. It was those subtle touches that added the quality. I for one enjoyed the story line. I watched the movies back to back and that added even more to the viewing experience. Don't let the haters sway you away from this. Check it out yourself. Preferably in 3D.

shotglassanhero I could tell there was something wrong with this film just by the way it started. There is this sense in the air. A muddled script, nonsensical plot, confusing timelines...Mickey Rourke looks so old in this film. I think one of the issues with making a sequel like this is that it took too long to be produced. Between the 8 years the former actor playing Minute died of a heart of attack in 2012, Clive Owen probably read the script for the character Dwight and presumably didn't want to reprise the role (which I don't blame him), and Bruce Willis shows up to play a ghost probably for a sweet paycheck. Jordan Gordon Levitt is also mistaking cast into this film who does a poor job trying to act. I'm not even sure I can talk about the story because it's very incoherent. Mostly because if you haven't seen (or read) any of the chapters in the previous film recently, you are constantly trying to piece together how it all fits in. The shock and awe that comes from the gory film noir and classic black and white canvas style shots are still here with a stunning return; but the violence is mindlessly carried out to excess without purpose. Some of the best kinds of tricks it can pull are pulled and run into the ground--into futility. Such as the touches of coloring. Look, coloring is a powerful tool in film--and Sin City is all about how tints, shadows, and light affect the picture. When they added touches of color it really sent a vibe to pay attention to that particular object. But in the very first 20 minutes an ongodly amount of light and color is shoved onto the portion of the screen that is the empty space and not the center of attention. It doesn't make sense thematically. Moreover, sometimes the color would annoyingly disappear and reappear in the same shot. Also, voice over is overused. There's no cadence to the words spoken anymore--it chokes up your ears and incessantly tells you what's happening rather than what the characters are feeling. Granted it sometimes does both now--but it's a crutch that doesn't need to be too gratuitous all the time, every time. I'm not making this review to just talk about color and voice-overs--I'm just trying to make a point. The film-makers responsible here wanted to shove something out there that obviously was not meant to be. And you feel with a project like this they decided to put any type of creative spin to make it work. The re-casting of the former's roles do not hold up. The story is not as poignant or interesting as they were in the last film. And I feel as if they had just tried harder to make this sequel sooner rather than later--perhaps it would be a different story. Then again sequels like this are mostly a cash grab but you get a sense that the filmmakers who let the former success go to their heads. Yeah, they want to make something good--but it's likely they wanted to make a sequel just because they like writing and directing movies like this. So when 'The Spirit' flopped and enough years passed, I'm guessing the studio green-lit this project which probably was in development as soon as Frank Miller saw more dollar signs in his future. Unfortunately our ride is probably finished with this franchise. I'm assuming it didn't make enough money back to justify any more of it. And with the forever aging, dying, and or negligent cast, along with poor critical and film audience acclaim, I'd bet I'm right. And you don't even need to blow on my coin for good luck.

manosnb When I saw all the negative reviews about this sequel, I thought that it would be yet another one trying to earn some easy bucks capitalising on the success of the original. However, that was not the case at least for me. It has the same nice atmosphere and effects as the first one and new interesting and unpredictable stories. Sure it is not as original as the first one (that would be an extremely difficult task to begin with) and maybe that is the only reason I put an 8 instead of a 9. However, if you enjoyed the first one you probably will enjoy this one as well. The new additions to the cast manage to fill the gaps of their predecessors quite well. I would advise anyone who wishes to watch this movie not to get overly influenced by ratings or how good was the first one and enjoy this sequel for what it is. A nice addition to the first one, like an extension of the concept. I would gladly watch and wait for sin city 3 if it is like this one. Cheers.