Sinners
Released April 18, 2025
Written and Directed by Ryan Coogler
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Sinners is great throughout but it is a testament to how the last few minutes can elevate a movie to excellence. What an incredible exclamation point to an already complex, exciting, and wonderfully directed period-horror-drama from genius director Ryan Coogler.
A master of his craft, Cooler presents a deep and layered film that is from a “black” horror movie. Sinners defies genre. It’s opening act is a powerful historical character drama dismantling Jim Crow era America, it’s middle arc is a tense and beautiful exploration of music and the transcendence of art, ultimately building to its third act, a From Dusk Till Dawn inspired action horror film. If that is all we got I would have been satisfied, but the powerful paradigm shift of its conclusion is an epic and powerful mic drop. The way Coogler flips the perspective on true on monstrosity, power, and freedom, left me smiling ear-to-ear while also on the verge of tears. So many incredible story elements carefully laid out from the very start all converging simultaneously with a towering wave of emotion. Pure cinema.
This is what the industry needs, original stories that offer the base thrills to attract an audience, while also delivering hard hitting themes with masterful execution.
9/10 - I wish I saw this in IMAX and I am absolutely buying this on 4K Bluray!
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