Sinners

In Southern Mississippi in the 1930s, Black people had to watch out for the Klan, hatred, and vampires?? From the mind of Ryan Coogler (director of the Creed trilogy, Black Panther, Fruitvale Station, and Judas and the Black Messiah), see how the opening night of a bar turns immortal. Micheal B. Jordan plays twin brothers Smoke and Shack, who have come back home from being Capone’s middlemen in Chicago to open a juke joint. They catch up with old friends and family, assemble a cast of characters to help them, and all goes according to plan until well the vampires show up. Cast includes Hailey Seinfeld, Omar Benson, Wunmi Mosaku, and film newcomer Miles Caton. So I’m not one for scary movies, tense thrillers perhaps but other than the Twilight series you wouldn’t have seen me signing up to watch this. However, I love all of Coogler’s other movies (and MBJ) so I knew this one should be good. Now don’t get me wrong there are jump scares and plenty of creepy but it doesn’t take away from the otherwise really powerful movie. You almost feel like you’re watching two movies at once, one riddled with nuance about freedom and life and another about survival. If you can handle a little supernatural horror I’d go see this in theaters! Word to the wise, there’s two post-credit scenes.

Rating: 4.5/5