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The Doc Option: Watch ‘The Killing of America’ Instead of ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’

The Doc Option: Watch ‘The Killing of America’ Instead of ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’

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Christopher Campbell
Aug 22, 2014
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The Doc Option: Watch ‘The Killing of America’ Instead of ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is a fake of a movie. It is a concretion of film noir tropes that has none of the pathos or thematic richness that people love noir for. Its paper characters match its comic-booky aesthetic, which was interesting when the first Sin City came out nine years (!) ago, but is stale now. It aims for cheap thrills, which is not ne…

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