'Sinners': Bonnie and Clyde With Vampires
Ryan Coogler's brand new horror movie scares up the box office!
Michael B. Jordan (left) and Miles Canton embrace the fear in the new Warner Bros. pic 'Sinners.' (Courtesy photo | Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" stars Micheal B. Jordon ("Black Panther") as twins in the 1930's looking to open a juke joint in a small town in Mississippi. Soon they realize the the place where they set up their shop in, is crawling with vampires. After assembling a band of misfits, the brothers must defend their new home while also making peace with their past.
I wish I loved this movie, but I came out disappointed. I felt like this movie was way too similar to "From Dusk Till Dawn". The film also takes a lot out of Quentin Tarantino's book so much so I forgot that this was a Ryan Coogler movie.
The performances in this movie are all great. Jordan is the standout as he plays the twins with grace and ferocity. Both brothers, Smoke and Stack, are really entertaining characters to follow and they had a lot of depth to them. They were brothers who had a code and lived by it.
Hailee Steinfeld ("Hawkeye") was also electric as Stack's love interest Mary. She was an interesting character to follow but unfortunately is subjected to vampirism early in the film.
I liked the vampires in the movie, but a part of me wanted them to just be clan members because they admit to being members before being turned. I felt like the vampires ended up being unnecessary, and the film ended up feeling like another cliche vampire movie in the last third of the runtime.
I also thought the film's cinematography was good, but in most day scenes, the movie had an unpleasant, muddy glare to it. Some of the scenes that were filmed in shaded areas looked really dark, and I couldn't see what was happening. The sound mixing could have also been better. I had to really listen to the dialogue on what was happening, which I found annoying.
Overall, I liked the film but probably wouldn't rewatch it again. I still think you should go see the movie as my opinion is one of the few slightly negative opinions in a sea of positive ones. I'd give the movie a 7.5/10.
Carter Salley is Central Michigan Life's resident film reviewer and co-host of the popculture podcast "Raving Geeks." He is majoring in media arts.
