Didn't enjoy it at all. I wasn't a huge fan of the first movie but thought it was entertaining. I didn't have expectations to high when I went to watch this sequel. The visuals are still the same as the first but I suppose the flare is gone after you have seen it before and know what to expect. The plot, acting, and action scenes just do not offer enough to keep my interest. It seems the director thought as much too since they shove Eva Green's excellent boobs down your throat through out the movie. Don't get me wrong, I am a typical guy and love the boob shots, but a lot of scenes just seemed forced, unnecessary, awkward and out of place. The action scenes are ruined by unnatural movements. You can tell that people are suspended on wires and pulled from this side of the set to the other. You can not let your imagination accept it because everyone's movements are so noticeably unnatural. Even in my science fiction I like there to be at least some laws of physics upheld. The plot is not fluid and seems to be mini-plots shoved together to form a long movie of semi related task. Now the movie is not just plain horrible and I am sure if you are a big fan of the first edition then this one will be a fun watch, but there is no way I will be watching it a second time.

After much encouragement from a friend, I finally watched the 2nd instalment of the Sin City franchise. I watched the first for the first time a few months ago which I really liked. As much as I liked this one, I think sequels bring something else to the table and you can't really compare an original with its predecessor. Regardless of this, I really enjoyed the film. I found myself impatiently waiting for the resolve of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character arc to find it wasn't really as integral to the story as I'd hoped. It's like the main arc of the film is new characters with the followings of the plot of the first film is a secondary arc with another arc thrown in for character background. This is far from a complaint, I actually quite liked this set-up. However, I would've liked a bit more development on from the first in this sequel rather than spending most of the film on other characters and then having the climax an ending to the first saga. It felt more like a spin-off, to be honest. Also, special mention for the graphics and editing which are one of a kind and will always be iconic.

It's just not as good as the first. They over use colour, instead of tiny splashes here and there it's everywhere and it doesn't work

Eva Green is absolutely perfect as Ava, I just wish her story was in the first film

This is a movie that you have to really watch. You cannot sit and divide your time between the movie and reading a book or glancing at your tablet. Doing that would be like watching half a painting. This movie is all about the graphical presentation. Its use of live actors yet with a cartoonish black and white (emphasize on black) look with some occasional splatter of colors is absolutely marvelous. Look down and you miss something. The background voice a’la old fashioned detective story only serves to reinforce the feeling of being dumped into an old cartoon.

The story, or rather stories, are cartoon class material as well and not really much to write home about by themselves. They serve well enough to drive this particular movie though. The main actors where fitting right in and making a very enjoyable performance as far as I am concerned. Well, with the possible exception of Bruce Willis who mostly just stood around looking sad but then his role was a rather unrewarding one in the first place. I definitely liked Mickey Rourke as the rather exaggerated tuff guy Marv.

This is a violent movie. Like Kill Bill violent if you know what I mean. If this movie would have been made as an ordinary live action movie without the cartoonish elements and the timely switch to silhouette images it would be grossly violent. Again, the cartoonish setting of the movie makes it simply work. Still, the movie is not for the squemish but then, this is the second Sin City movie, it is based on an existing cartoon and Robert Rodriguez had his hand in it so if you are surprised you either went into the wrong show room or should start to do a bit more research before deciding to watch something.

I did find the fact that the movie actually revolved around two different stories a bit distracting though. A minor complaint but I was really expecting them to somehow get intertwined all through the movie and was a tad disappointed when the second story finished and so did the movie.

Bottom line is that I quite enjoyed this movie. It is really a movie that stands out from the crowd in its use of black and white imagery and cartoon characters. It is black, grim and funny at the same time and for a photography interested person like me the imagery is really beautiful.