【Sin City 2: Femme Beauty】——Black fireworks bloom, the ignition is no longer exciting

In terms of style and effect, the film completely inherits the exaggerated comic tone of the first black and white electronic sound. The gloomy and gloomy background, exaggerated and intense plot, crazy and vivid characters, and sharp and profound monologues are beyond common sense, but they give people an unexpected sense of reality. The characteristic picture composed of black, white and gray is occasionally broken by red lips and blood, which has a strong visual impact. Although the interpretations of various extreme madness are not as earth-shattering as the first part, the violent aesthetics are also perfectly presented in front of the screen, which can be described as a visual feast.

It is true that Eva Green's stand-alone drama and the overwhelming presence of many supporting characters do not benefit the film as a whole, but internally reflect the lack of characterization in the film. First, the movie lacks the strong masculinity of Sin 1. A femme fatale who only accounts for one-third of the scene can hardly bear the expected vicissitudes of life, while the male protagonists who seem to be doomed men are intentionally or unintentionally reduced to a foil. Perhaps because the large content did not come from the original comics, there were no perverted gangsters, and there were no terrible cannibals. The bloody violence is not strong enough for the first film, and it loses the countless crazy possibilities that comics can create innately...

In addition to the unsatisfactory characters, another criticism is that this film string together the various stories as a whole rather than separated into different sub-sections . This change has higher requirements for the script conception. If it is done just right, the subtle connection will make the audience have a more overall sense of watching the movie. It is a pity that the three main stories composed of five comics have the same weight and have not been adjusted. Not only are many auxiliary characters buried in the seemingly non-existent main line, but none of the three contexts can dominate the overall situation. So stripped of the manga, it's hard to weave a strong story from the film's vague, messy narrative. On the contrary, "Sin 1" is very clever in cutting the film into four unique chapters in a comic way. Although they are short, they are each wonderful.

On the whole, although the characters of the plot can't stand analysis, the style and techniques are absolutely unbelievable today when digital visual effects are rampant and the themes are unconventional, "Sin City 2" is a continuation of our previous work in many aspects. Sincere works of love. For movie fans who love black crime themes, it can be reluctant to fill nine years of regret with this film. It's a pity that with the unsatisfactory market effect of the sequel, I don't know when the black fireworks will bloom next time...

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