FIKSI.NET — Sinners is really a good movie. It's a good storytelling we need, and I've been missing from Hollywood movie lately. To save your time, I'd say in the beginning, it's a really good movie. Go watch it! Quick!
Sinners (2025) is written and directed by Ryan Coogler. You might be familiar with the name if you are a fan of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), since Ryan Coogler is also the director of the first and second Black Panter movies.
Sinners is starring Michael B. Jordan as Moore twins, and Miles Caton as Sammie Moore. You will also see other familiar faces in this movie, like Hailee Steinfeld and Wunmi Mosaku.
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Synopsis of Sinners (2025)
The story of Sinners focuses on Smoke and Stack Moore twin (Michael B. Jordan). Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, the twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
The movie starts with Smoke and Stack coming back to their hometown from Chicago. They have money, and they are planning to open a club for their community. Nothing fancy, just a place for people to enjoy music and have drinks.
Everything seems to go well, especially with Sammie, their cousin, who joins and going to sing in the club for them. Sammie is well known for her guitar playing. He also wrote songs for himself, and even though he is a preacher's son, Sammie likes blues more than religious things. He sees working with Smoke and Stack as his gate away from town.
When the party starts, little did they know that the evil is lurking, approaching, closer... and closer.
Review of Sinners (2025)
On the surface, people might think, 'oh it must be another black people bad, white people good' type of movie. But it's not. It's way greater than that. I think this movie talks especially about culture, music, and dark history of the world. It makes sense, and very easy to understand—at least for me.
The vampire in this movie is not only the antagonist of the story, but also a metaphor of something we know and experienced in real life—colonialism—dangerous parasite that responsible for many horrible things we know in the history of the world.
Ryan Coogler really thought it through when he was writing for this movie, I think. There are a lot of symbolism in this movie, and people have analyzed it, you can find their video essays on YouTube.
The event in this movie only happens in a span of one night. I like how they play with the aspect ratio of some scene. It adds to the dramatic elements, and play with the visual, giving audience an immersive experience of what cinema can do—not only storytelling-wise, but also technical-wise.
This is the kind of storytelling that has been missing from the western movie lately. I think, it's been a while since I saw a movie with a good writing like this. Western movies are getting more boring for the past couple of years—ever since COVID I think. But Sinners shows its fangs, dare to tell an original and bold story about the past, present, and future.
When you watch this movie, don't walk away when the credit starts to roll. Wait a little bit and enjoy the bonus scene in the end.
What do you think? Did I miss anything, or do you have questions—or even the answers I’m looking for? Let’s keep the conversation going! Drop your thoughts in the comments below.
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