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It’s been nine years since Robert
Rodriguez teamed up with comic
book artist Frank Miller to bring the
latter’s monochrome metropolis
Sin City to the screen. Using
digital sets and an A-list cast, the
pair successfully translated the
aesthetic of the graphic novels,
creating a groundbreaking new
look for comic book movies. In this
return visit, Miller and Rodriguez have four more stories to
tell, some of them featuring familiar faces who met their
end in the first film. So, what gives? The Sin City timeline is
fluid, with prequel tales – including the titular A Dame to Kill
For – complementing two new stories written exclusively
for the screen. Which means Mickey Rourke’s lovable, slab-
jawed rogue Marv is back! So too is Jessica Alba’s dancer,
the girls from Old Town, and Dwight McCarthy – who used
to look like Clive Owen but now resembles Josh Brolin,
prior to a facial reconstruction. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
looks even more visually striking than its predecessor, and
fans will find this belated return to Miller’s mean streets
well worth the wait. • See page 40
Writer-director David Ayer moves
from the urban jungle of Training
Day and End of Watch to the
battleground of World War II
with this impactful combat film
that possesses the same sense
of authenticity that distinguished
his earlier cop dramas. Brad
Pitt plays Sgt. Don Collier – aka
Wardaddy – who commandeers
a Sherman tank christened Fury
(by name and by nature), leading
his band of brothers (Shia LaBeouf, Jon Bernthal,
Michael Peña) and a rookie driver (Logan Lerman) in
an attack on a German platoon behind enemy lines.
There are echoes of Pitt’s Nazi-killing turn in Inglourious
Basterds (albeit less OTT) in Wardaddy, and the
supporting cast are equally impressive (yes, even
Shia LaBeouf!), with Lerman’s newcomer providing a
crucial conduit into the hell of war for the viewer. Ayer
deftly balances the chaos of the battlefield and the
camaraderie of the tank crew within the claustrophobic
confines of the war machine, delivering one of the
most gripping and visceral war movies since Saving
Private Ryan. • See page 36
There is no justice without sin.
SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR
JANUARY 2015 JB Hi-Fi
Band of brothers.
FURY
DVD & BD
Blood Brothers – Featurette
BD ONLY
Directors Combat Journal
Armoured Warriors: The Real
Men Inside the Shermans
Taming the Best: How to
drive, fire and shoot inside
a 30-ton tank
Deleted & Extended Scenes
DVD & BD
Behind the Shadows
The Movie In High-Speed
Green Screen
Make-Up Effects of
Sin City
Stunts of Sin City
Character Profiles
JB Hi-Fi Exclusives
Marv Character Slipcase
(DVD)
Ava Character Slipcase
(Blu-ray)
Dwight Character Slipcase
(3D Blu-ray)
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The cast underwent a
rigorous month-long
course of boot camp,
in which the final test
was manning a real
tank during a combat
exercise.
In the scene when Nancy is
in her apartment watching
TV, the two hobo characters
in the show are Frank Miller
and Robert Rodriguez.