What a piece of utter TRASH (spoilers)
Wow... and I say that in a bad way. Perhaps the worst way possible.
I should preface this by saying that Sin City (2005) is one of my favorite films. It's truly the epitome of entertainment with some awesome performances and a groundbreaking style. It's translation/adaptation of Miller at his finest.
This? This movie was a mess from beginning to end. To no one's surprise, the only good story here is classic Miller (A Dame to Kill For). Everything else is pure and utter garbage. The JGL story added nothing and had absolutely no point. Narrative wise it doesn't even fit in with all the other stories. As for Nancy's Revenge, Alba is just a terrible actress. No wonder it fell flat. She shouldn't be a main character.
Willis added nothing to the story. Senator Roark seeing him in the mirror was stupid and made no sense.
Mickey Rourke looked bored and his makeup was off. Lastly, wtf was the point of that opening with him beating the frat boys? It was so random and again, added NOTHING to the narrative.
Josh Brolin was decent but paled in comparison to Clive Owens. Seriously, where was Owens? Why didn't he return? Josh Brolin in a Clive Owens wig was just ridiculous. He looked pathetic. I was hoping he would transform into Owens after the plastic surgery but no...
Recasting Miho... terrible choice. Recasting Bob... even worse choice. Michael Madsen was perfect in the original. Why they replaced him with Pivens is anyone's guess.
Meloni was decent, he looked just like his comic counterpart but pieces of DTKF were missing. In the book Mort and Bob realize that Ava is lying when they speak to the landlord. It's a turning point in the story because it shows that Mort will still do anything for her. Yet that's totally missing from the movie.
Overall this was just an incredibly poor film compared to the original. I thought the critics would be wrong, I didn't want to listen to the 40% on RT. But it's absolutely right. This movie is about to flop at the box office and it deserves to flop. Powers Boothe gave the only good performance in the entire film. As someone who LOVES the original and all of Miller's Sin City comics, I think this may be the most disappointing film I've ever watched in my life. Never have I been more excited and let down at the same time.