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Marv

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Marv is a fictional character in the graphic novel series Sin City, created by Frank Miller. In the 2005 film adaptation and its 2014 sequel, he is played by Mickey Rourke. He first appears in The Hard Goodbye and follows with appearances in A Dame to Kill For, Just Another Saturday Night, and Silent Night. He makes a brief cameo in Blue Eyes (as featured in Lost, Lonely, and Lethal).

Marv has been well received both as a comic book character and a film character.

Biography

Marv est un marginal, il est fort physiquement et mentalement, une sorte de philosophe psychopathe. La seule personne de confiance de son entourage est Lucille, son agent de probation, très belle, lesbienne, qui lui fournit des anti-douleurs illégalement.

Il connait également Nancy Callahan, qui est sa protégée depuis qu'il l'a défendue contre un étudiant qui l'avait brutalisée à l'université. Il la croise régulièrement au Kadie's Bar, où Nancy est strip-teaseuse et que Marv fréquente assidument. Marv y rencontre d'ailleurs Goldie un soir dans son bar préféré ; ils vont dans une chambre, y font l'amour, mais au réveil, Goldie est morte. Marv était à côté d'elle quand c'est arrivé, aussi ivre qu'elle.

La police pense que Marv est le responsable : après s'être battu avec eux pour fuir, il commence sa quête vengeresse. Il interroge des hommes en les torturant, afin de « remonter la chaîne alimentaire ». Ses interrogatoires violents qui se soldent par la mort du délateur le conduisent à une ferme où il trouve l'assassin de Goldie, Kevin, un tueur cannibale et protégé du Cardinal Roark, le personnage politique le plus influent de Sin City.

Marv s'occupe de Kevin en pratiquant « l'art de la scie » sur ce dernier — il lui scie les membres et le laisse mourir avant de lui scier la tête. Ensuite il ira tuer Roark de façon brutale, avant que la police n'intervienne et lui tire dessus, mais échappe à la mort. À sa sortie d'hôpital, il fait 18 mois de prison avant d'aller sur la chaise électrique. Peu avant son exécution, il reverra Wendy, la sœur jumelle de Goldie, avec laquelle il passera la nuit.

Lors de son passage à la chaise électrique, il demande au prêtre qui priait pour le salut de son âme de se dépêcher, prétextant qu'il n'a pas toute la nuit. Le courant est envoyé mais cela ne le tue pas du premier coup, la seconde fois, il part rejoindre Goldie.

Best films

Sin City (2005)

Played by the actor

Mickey Rourke
Mickey Rourke
(2 films)
See more : Wikipedia

Filmography of Marv (2 films)

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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, 1h42
Directed by Robert Rodríguez, Frank Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about families, Feminist films, Films about suicide, Films about domestic violence, Superhero films, Gangster films
Actors Jamie Chung, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Powers Boothe, Clive Owen, Rosario Dawson
Rating64% 3.248613.248613.248613.248613.24861
Marv (Mickey Rourke) regains consciousness on a highway overlooking the Projects, surrounded by several dead young men and a crashed police car, and with no memory of how he got there. He retraces his steps, recalling that since it's Saturday, he watched Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) dance at Kadie's Saloon. Stepping outside, he encounters four rich frat boys burning a homeless man alive. When Marv intervenes, the leader of the frat boys shoots him in the arm, calling him "Bernini Boy," which Marv mishears as "Bernie." They flee; Marv follows, stealing a Police car on the way, which he crashes into their car, leading to his blackout and memory loss. He follows the two surviving frat boys into The Projects, the neighborhood where he grew up. With the assistance of the deadly residents lurking in the shadows, he dispatches the frat boys. He questions the leader about being called "Bernini Boy" and learns that it is the brand of coat he is wearing. After slitting the boy's throat, he considers his coat and realizes he can't remember how he acquired it.
Sin City
Sin City (2005)
, 2h4
Directed by Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodríguez, Frank Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Films about pedophilia, Superhero films, Serial killer films, Gangster films, Striptease
Actors Jessica Alba, Alexis Bledel, Rosario Dawson, Benicio del Toro, Jaime King, Nick Stahl
Rating79% 3.997313.997313.997313.997313.99731
The Salesman steps out of the elevator and walks onto a penthouse balcony where The Customer, wearing a beautiful red dress, looks out over Basin City. He offers her a cigarette and says that she looks like someone who is tired of running and that he will save her. She smiles to him, the two share a kiss and he shoots her; she dies in his arms. He says he will never know what she was running from but that he’ll cash her check in the morning.