Opinion: “Sinners” is a perfect blend of historical fiction

“Sinners” is about twin brothers, Smoke and Stack, both played by Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther), coming back to their Mississippi hometown in 1932 after spending some time in Chicago. It’s about the south during the Jim Crow era. The twins buy an old sawmill from a man who swears he’s not a Klan member. They plan to open a juke joint to sell all of the Irish beer that they brought from Chicago. They get some friends to help, including their cousin, the son of a preacher, Sammie, played by debut actor Miles Caton. 

The movie proceeds to follow the three of them getting the juke joint ready to open that same night. Throughout the day leading up to the grand opening, the film introduces all of the other characters. The audience meets Stack’s white ex, Mary, played by Hailee Steinfeld (Pitch Perfect 2, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), whom he loved, but left. Then the audience sees Smoke reunite with a medicine woman, Annie, who he had a child with and lost. 

 A few more friends and people are introduced that help this night come together. The movie spends a lot of time meeting and introducing the audience to these characters. It will make the audience become familiar with, fall in love with and really get to know these characters. It takes its time. Then, all of a sudden, it turns into a gruesome vampire horror movie and all of the characters that the audience falls in love with starts to get taken away. 

While “Sinners” is definitely a slow burn, audiences will never be bored at any point. This movie takes its time getting to any action, but it is entertaining the entire time. Then once the action starts, it is a very exciting, action-packed and gruesome movie. Every part of this movie is wonderfully done: the plot, the pacing, the acting and the horror elements. 

Michael B. Jordan plays two characters seamlessly. He absolutely shined in this movie and deserves all the credit and praise that he will no doubt receive from this movie. Hailee Steifeld also stood out. Her ability to flip from a sweet woman to a murderous and blood-thirsty vampire was flawless. Finally, this was Miles Caton’s first acting credit and he absolutely blew it out of the park. Get ready to see him in many more films to come. 

Overall, “Sinners” is a perfect blend of historical fiction, drama, comedy and horror. This is by far the best vampire horror movie that will be talked about for years to come.