Sinners

I have come to regard Ryan Coogler as one of a few directors still working in the industry today that manages to put out something incredibly invigorating while not always making a big show of certain scenes. There are a couple of scenes especially in the flashbacks at the end of the movie where I can’t help but feel lost in it. Color grading in this film is such a huge part and plays a vital role in depicting a lot of your characters and the choices used with it really highlights the vampires and humans true difference. The choice of setting in the Jim Crowe south 1930’s is well done and adds a whole nother layer between the blues and such. I knew I would like this movie as I am already a fan of Coogler’s previous work and the fact it was a vampire horror. But man it blows me away. Michael B. Jordan delivers a powerful double performance, while the movie’s many cultural and horror layers are accompanied by Ludwig Göransson‘s ever longing score. A standout performance by first timer Miles Caton that goes along with a mesmerizing scene that is the song he sings.  I must say I expected a lot of underlying themes and tones concerning the cultural and racial divide of people especially seeing Coogler’s previous work but to take a vampire movie like this while also turning it into a movie of equality is insane. Nothing to say about the cast that isn’t amazing things.  Side note: The gore in this movie is so perfectly toned. There’s enough to show gruesomeness but not enough to turn off a good amount of viewers which is amazing.