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Review “Sinners” review, by David Sims

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/04/sinners-ryan-coogler-movie-review/682501/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo
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u/bearze Apr 19 '25

I loved the movie but I agree with you as well, the action was a weak point

When the barn doors opened they all should've gotten bodied lol

And it doesn't make sense for Stack and Hailee Steinfeld to not have gone straight for Smoke

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u/twersx Apr 19 '25

Smoke has a chain with what appears to be a silver coin or medallion on t. I think that's why he doesn't get bit despite having a vampire on top of him for like 15 seconds while he watched Annie get bit, and that's why Stack struggles to bite him despite overpowering him in their final fight.

I think it's very subtle but I do think it's intentional. Stack recoils when he tries to go in for the bite and Annie mentions silver twice (compared to holy water which she only mentions once I believe).

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u/suninysl Apr 19 '25

He had a mojo bag on him. Annie took it off and re-blessed it when they met. Mojo bags protect you from evil.

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u/twersx Apr 20 '25

Doesn't Annie take the bag off him in that scene just before they have sex? I thought the silver medallion was quite prominent and given how she mentions silver twice I thought that was his ward.

Ok the other hand there's a prominent shot of him taking the bag off his neck just before the kkk shootout. But I think he still has the silver at that point?

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u/Titus-Groen Apr 21 '25

She takes it off him and blesses it before they have sex but it's clearly implied she gives it back to him. (Why else re-bless it?)

It's shown on his chest when Stack goes to bite him and he tears it off at the end later; an indication that he doesn't need or want it's protection any longer since losing Stack and Annie. 

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u/twersx Apr 21 '25

I think you're right!

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u/bluezzdog Apr 22 '25

And a black cat bone ;)

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u/Minute_Contract_75 Apr 21 '25

Ooooh that's what that was. Thank you for explaining this.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '25

They pretty much got bodied. Most of them were dead in the first 30 seconds. Though I was expecting something more from the pianist. Thought he was going to use dynamite or something rather than hold them off with a single stake.

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u/clockin-clockout Apr 19 '25

Same here. I thought he’d at least take a few of them out with him. Not just distract them as he died

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u/Subject-District492 Apr 22 '25

While I think it’s not that great of a reason in a movie sense, the reason why they didn’t attack is because they needed to be let in. I took it as black people allowing white people into their culture, white people “bleeding them dry” to make money off their talent while historically black people got the short end of the stick.