Nearly a decade ago, Frank Miller's graphic novels came to life on the big screen with the release of "Sin City" in 2005, starring the beautiful and talented Latina actresses Jessica Alba and Rosario Dawson.

Now the women are back at it again as fierce Latina femme fatales, co-starring with Eva Green ("300: Rise of an Empire") in Miller's and co-director Robert Rodriguez's "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For," which hits theaters Aug. 22.

In "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For," two of Miller's classic stories intertwine with new tales and "the town's most hard boiled citizens cross paths with some of its more reviled inhabitants." "Sin City" fans have long awaited the Miller-Rodriguez reunion and collaboration on the "visually-stunning" film.

Dawson, who starred in "Cesar Chavez" and is the co-founder and chairwoman of Voto Latino, reprises her role as Gail, the ringleader of prostitutes.

"Gail is unapologetically herself, which I really love," Dawson told USA Today. "She's strong, but she doesn't always get what she wants. She's a woman in love with someone she can't really have. Frank Miller created a crazy, outrageous, mixed-up world so dark that Hollywood could never make it into a movie, and then Robert Rodriguez came around, and technology changed. It's cool to see a world where men and women can be just as bad as each other."

Dawson's uncle Gus Vazquez is a comic book artist. The multi-faceted actress collaborated with writer David Atchison and illustrator Tony Shasteen on the comic series Occult Crimes Taskforce, which "we might make into a TV show or video game," she revealed in the USA Today interview.

Currently, Dawson is reportedly working on a film called "Finally Famous" directed by Chris Rock.

Alba reprises her role as Nancy Callahan, who transitions from "a stripper with a heart of gold to a woman with vengeance," according to Variety. Haunted by the death of her mentor John Hartigan (Bruce Willis), Nancy can't move on and decides that "maybe she''ll go crazy." She cuts off her long hair and cuts up her face, becoming a fitting companion to Mickey Rourke's Marv.

An "exotic dancer abandoned by the love of her life," Alba calls the role, "gritty and dark and grimy," according to Maxim, the September cover of which she graces. She adds. "I am really comfortable in my own skin, and I am not apologizing for myself. And there is no sin in that."

Green, whose "Sin City" poster was censored in the US for being too "provocative," plays the sinister Ava Lord, "who seeks the help of her former lover, played by Josh Brolin, to escape her abusive husband, billionaire Damien Lord."

"She is beyond evil and it's just so much fun to play somebody so extreme and so corrupt," Green told The Telegraph. "I've played evil women before but this one is something else. She has no sense of morality and no shame. Playing evil women is quite meaty compared to being a boring girlfriend. There's something quite ballsy about these characters. It's fun and jubilating to play someone so bad."

Lately, Mexican-American director Rodriguez ("From Dusk Till Dawn," "Desperado") knows how to juggle, and he does it well --- without running out of new ideas and creative spins.

Whether it's the launch of his recent Austin-based El Rey Network featuring "From Dusk Till Dawn" the TV Series, "Matador" with Roberto Orci and "The Director's Chair" (featuring Guillermo Del Toro and Rodriguez's longtime friend and collaborator Quentin Tarantino) or hosting President Obama and friends to muster support for the Democratic National Convention, he's been busy.

Now fans can finally sink their teeth into the highly-anticipated sequel, "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For," also starring Josh Brolin, Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Christopher Meloni, Jeremy Piven and Jaime King.

Check out the official trailer for "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For," in theaters Aug. 22.