Okay. So, I saw Sinners. (very minor spoilers)
This movie was like From Dusk Til Dawn, Fright Night and Idlewild combined with a pinch of
Crossroads (from 1986; not that Britney Spears bullshit) thrown in.
First off, let me say this: The level of importance that music plays in this movie can not be understated. If you are in this thread, you already know what this movie is about, so I'm not going to bother with that. Michael B. Jordan, twins (NOT twin vampires), little cousin (Sammie), yadda, yadda, yadda, so forth and so on.
The Twins Smoke and Stack have come back from Chicago and are opening up a juke joint in their hometown in Louisiana. Its implied that they may have stolen from their former boss (Al Capone) and are trying to settle back into their old lives. Stack is a playa and has a couple of chicks but Hailee Steinfeld was his main chick, even though he left her to chase paper. Smoke had a relationship with Wunmi Moasku's character but they broke up over a tragedy.
Most of the movie is them establishing the relationships between the Twins, Sammie and the townspeople involved in helping start the juke joint. Delroy Lindo, Cornbread (Omar), the Chows, etc.
Sammie meets a somewhat mysterious married woman that he gets involved with. They eventually introduce Remmick, who you first see getting burned in the sun until he lands on the porch of a couple that he convinces to let him in. (Gullible ass white folks) Protagonists and antagonists are established. The latter part of the movie takes place at the juke joint. It starts out as a party with Delroy playing piano and eventually, Sammie gets up and sings and plays guitar. Soon after that, all hell breaks loose. Shit goes down. People get fucked up. etc. Maybe the juke joint wasn’t such a good idea after all? There is a mid credit epilogue (its too long to just call it an after credits scene), but then there is another scene after the credits, so don't leave when the credits start rolling. I really love when directors add mid and after credit scenes and Cougler did both.
They could have dropped about 15-20 minutes from this movie but it would have been less impactful and the relationships wouldn't have been as clear. There is a point mid movie where you start to feel the runtime. Mike did a great job playing two distinct twins with very different personalities. You forget that its the same prson after a while. Cornbread (Omar) and Delta Slim (Delroy) really stood out in every scene they were in.
Miles Canton was great as Sammie. I need to see it again because I'm not sure what happened to one character. I saw it in IMAX. I recommend the same. Its a big movie in a small setting. Well worth the watch, if you ask me. I'm going back to see it again.
Do yourself a favor and don't watch any trailers if you haven't yet. Don't watch trailer #2 AT ALL.