Sinners
Sinners is a 2025 American musical horror film produced, written, and directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, the film stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as twin brothers who return to their hometown to start again, only to be confronted by a supernatural evil. The film co-stars Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, and Delroy Lindo.
Plot
In 1932, identical twins and World War I veterans Elijah "Smoke" and Elias "Stack" Moore return to Clarksdale, Mississippi, after years spent working for the Chicago Outfit. Using money stolen from gangsters, they purchase a sawmill from racist landowner Hogwood to start a juke joint for the local black community. Their cousin Sammie, an aspiring guitarist, joins them despite his pastor father Jedidiah's warnings that blues music is supernatural.
More details
author | Ryan Coogler |
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contentLocation | New Orleans |
director | Ryan Coogler |
editor | Michael P. Shawver |
genre | crime horror |
keywords | black community blues music build chicago outfit chinese americans in the mississippi delta choctaw drink estranged wife euthanized haunt hear identical twin juke joint kill klansman local chinese married music of the african diaspora opening night pass salvation salvation in christianity sawmill spirits of both past and future vampire hunter warn white-passing world war i |
musicBy | Ludwig Göransson |
producer | Ryan Coogler Sev Ohanian Zinzi Coogler |
productionCompany | Ryan Coogler |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
recordedAt | New Orleans |
theme | gangster gothic monster movie musical vampire |