If you love hitmen like Mickey Rourke's Marv in Sin City loves them, then this trailer for the sequel to the 2005 graphic novel-esque film will hit you like bullet straight to the heart.
The action-packed Sin City: A Dame to Kill For teaser video, which arrived Wednesday, brings back the flim series' familiar color processing technique: primarily black-and-white scenes infused with pops of color for certain objects and people.
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Rourke, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King and Powers Boothe are reprising their roles, while newcomers to the Frank Miller-written series include Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eva Green, Josh Brolin, Christopher Meloni, Jeremy Piven and Lady Gaga.
The sequel, co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez, will blast into theaters on Aug. 22 after having its release date delayed since last fall.
The plot focuses on the "notorious inhabitants" of Basin City, which citizens refer to as Sin City. This Dimension Films project is loosely based on Miller's Sin City graphic novels.
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