There is a lot to be said about Ryan Coogler’s latest film, Sinners. For many who may not know who Coogler is, he is the director behind films such as Creed, Black Panther and Wakanda Forever, among others.
His new film, Sinners is breaking Hollywood boundaries as the first original film to turn a profit in a very long time. Why is this a big deal? Since Marvel Studios launched Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr in 2008, they launched a multiverse that spawned more than 20 films and made more than $31billions in the process.
Because Marvel films were based on Marvel Comics which have always been as successful as the DC Comics, studios in the US started making as many films based on already existing material. Game of Thrones based on the books A Song of Fire and Ice, Creed inspired by Slyvester Stallone’s Rocky films, chess film, Queen of Katwe being an adaptation of the book of the same name and Barbie being an inspiration from the famous Barbie fashion doll, among others. For years, every successful film was based on the already existing material such as a novel, documentary film, comic book or an action figure.
Then Sinners happened, a film we shall talk about in detail later, but at the core of it, the film is about twin brothers Stack and Smoke, who have just returned to Clarksdale, Mississippi after spending years working for gangsters in Chicago. They want to set their life straight by opening a juke joint for blacks of the community.
