Sinners
August 2, 2025
4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY REVIEW:
Warner;
Horror;
Box Office $278.58 million;
$30.99 DVD, $38.99 Blu-ray, $46.99 UHD, $58.99 UHD BD Steelbook;
Rated ‘R’ for strong bloody violence, sexual content and language.
Stars Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Delroy Lindo.
Writer-director Ryan Coogler delivers an imaginative infusion of music and horror in this tale of vampires attacking a juke joint in the rural south in 1932.
Michael B. Jordan stars in a dual role as the Smokestack twins, who are returning home to Mississippi after years working as enforcers for the Chicago mob. On their first day back, they turn an abandoned sawmill into a blues club for the local community, despite warnings from the local pastor about the sins such music might inspire.
Sure enough, as the place gives rise to a party so rockin’ the music transcends time and space, it also attracts the unwanted attention of a local gang of vampires, who promptly attack, subjecting those inside to the horrifying ordeal of fighting to survive the night.
Filmed with large-format cameras, Sinners looks spectacular in 4K, using its variable aspect ratio to heighten the impact of the film’s visual style. The film also tells a not-so-subtle allegory for the black experience in the Depression era, with vampires standing in for the KKK.
The film’s home entertainment presentation includes seven deleted scenes that run more than 18 minutes in total.
There are also five featurettes that provide about 75 minutes of solid behind-the-scenes material. These include the 32-and-a-half-minute “Dancing with the Devil: The Making of Sinners,” which delves into Coogler’s inspiration for the project and the effort it took to pull it off; the 14-minute “Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners,” a look at the creation of the film’s soundtrack; the 11-minute “Thicker Than Blood: Becoming the Smokestack Twins,” which examines Jordan’s performance; The eight-minute “Spirits in the Deep South,” a glimpse into the religious aspects of the story; and the 11-minute “The Wages of Sin: The Creature Effects of Sinners,” which explores the film’s use of prosthetic makeup and other methods of producing blood and gore.
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