04-22-2025, 01:57 PM
Sinners begins with twins Elias and Elijah (both played by Michael B Jordan) returning to the Mississippi Delta from Chicago ("Is it true they ain't got no Jim Crow in Chicago? A man's free there to do what he wants?") with mysteriously acquired wealth with which they intend to open a local juke joint.
Very usefully it transpires that their cousin Sammie (played by Miles Caton, with beautifully sonorous voice) is becoming an accomplished bluesman, and will likely be an asset in their coming venture. But just to be sure, they conscript local drunken stalwart Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo, in typical scene-stealing mode) by promising him as much Irish beer as he can drink.
On opening night it looks like some locals have heard the music coming over the breeze, and just want to join in "'cause we're musicians too." They are, ahem, strongly encouraged to find what they're looking for elsewhere, but they stick around, and there comes a point where it no longer seems such a bad idea to relieve them of their cash - which comes in the form of unsettlingly gleaming gold coinage.
From here on it's something of a wild ride, with the juke joint patrons ending up fighting the enemy without and within - but who is compromised and who remains to be trusted? From here on, they've serious reason to be grateful for local wise woman Annie (Wunmi Mosaku) an old flame of Elijah, who's well versed in the ways of the occult.
I'd recommend Sinners, but I'll stop just short of a five-star rating - although if I was rating just the music, it would be five stars all the way. Bloody rollicking entertainment with a justifiably unsubtle metaphor at its heart.
Very usefully it transpires that their cousin Sammie (played by Miles Caton, with beautifully sonorous voice) is becoming an accomplished bluesman, and will likely be an asset in their coming venture. But just to be sure, they conscript local drunken stalwart Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo, in typical scene-stealing mode) by promising him as much Irish beer as he can drink.
On opening night it looks like some locals have heard the music coming over the breeze, and just want to join in "'cause we're musicians too." They are, ahem, strongly encouraged to find what they're looking for elsewhere, but they stick around, and there comes a point where it no longer seems such a bad idea to relieve them of their cash - which comes in the form of unsettlingly gleaming gold coinage.
From here on it's something of a wild ride, with the juke joint patrons ending up fighting the enemy without and within - but who is compromised and who remains to be trusted? From here on, they've serious reason to be grateful for local wise woman Annie (Wunmi Mosaku) an old flame of Elijah, who's well versed in the ways of the occult.
I'd recommend Sinners, but I'll stop just short of a five-star rating - although if I was rating just the music, it would be five stars all the way. Bloody rollicking entertainment with a justifiably unsubtle metaphor at its heart.