Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners movie hit the theaters on April 18, 2025, packing a punch around the director’s acclaimed knack for making standout action sequences. Starring Michael B. Jordan in double roles (Stack and Smoke), Sinners revolves around the twins’ return to their hometown for a fresh start after World War I. Sadly, a greater evil awaits them in their Mississippi hometown. What began with joy and good music at their juke joint opening night became a nightmare when a supernatural evil was unleashed.
Effortlessly sifting through different genres, including horror, musical, action, and historical drama, Sinners is more than just another vampire movie. While it’s not based on a true story, Coogler got the inspiration from true events that happened in the 1930s. Stories his late uncle James shared with him helped forge the groundbreaking plot that entranced critics and Hollywood A-listers. Like the film’s unsettling beginning, the Sinners’ ending saga has a bittersweet touch.
The Bloody Tales Leading Up to the Sinners Movie Epic Ending
After buying a sawmill from racist Hogwood (David Maldonado) to launch their juke joint, identical twins, Smoke and Stack, rally around to recruit more staff for the big opening night. In addition to their young cousin, Sammie “Preacher Boy” Moore (Miles Caton), an aspiring guitarist, the twins recruit other staff, including Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo), Pearline (Jayme Lawson), Annie (Wunmi Mosaku), Grace (Li Jun Li), and Bo (Yao) to join the team. Somewhere in the town, Irish immigrant Remmick (Jack O’Connell) escapes from vampire hunters and turns an unsuspecting KKK couple into vampires.
Remmick is drawn to the juke joint’s opening night by Sammie’s transcendent music, but the twins refuse him and his minions entry. Unknown to the twins, Remmick intends to turn everyone at the joint into vampires to enlarge their fellowship. Most importantly, they want Sammie’s musical talent. Stack’s ex, Mary, tries to talk to Remmick outside, but he turns her into a vampire. She manages to come back to the juke joint and bites Stack during a steamy lovemaking session. After Stack’s death, a commotion ensued, dispersing the party goers into the park where Remmick and his minions await.
As Remmick gains more vampires, including Stack, the night turns into a gory sequence. Lots of staking and gore later, everyone except Sammie and Smoke joins Remmick’s army of the undead. As such, it’s Sammie and Smoke against Remmick’s minions. Outnumbered, Sammie buys time by striking Remmick with his guitar while Smoke stakes him from the back. The rising sun takes care of the rest of the bloodthirsty horde.
Smoke Gave His Life to Destroy the Klan Brethren
After surviving the gory night at the juke joint, Smoke sends Sammie home and proceeds to act on Remmick’s warning about the plans to ambush attendees at the joint by KKK members. Packing heavy artillery, Smoke lays an ambush at the juke joint for the Klan, led by Hogwood, the man who sold him the old sawmill. True to Remmick’s warning, the men arrive at the joint ready to attack, but Smoke takes them out.
Fatally wounded during the shootout, Smoke slowly dies at the scene, but not without killing Hogwood, declining his offer to spare his life in exchange for money. Through an apparition, he reunites with his ex-wife Annie and their deceased child. The World War I veteran dies a fulfilled death after the dissolution of the KKK.
Sammie is the Only True Survivor of the Juke Joint Opening Night Saga
Before the credits start rolling, viewers are taken to the movie’s first scene, depicting Sammie walking into the church during a service. While his father commands him to let go of his guitar and denounce his love for blues, Sammie refuses. The Sinners credits scenes depict what the future holds for the young musician.
Sinners Credits Scenes Explained
Sinners has two credit scenes that form a major plot twist. The mid-credits scene captures Sammie in the 1990s, about 60 years after the horrific opening night. He has obviously defied his father’s warnings and gone on to pursue a music career. Now living north of Chicago, Sammie thrives as a popular musician (played by blues legend Buddy Guy). Sammie is drinking at the bar after one of his performances when two visitors who turn out to be Stack and Mary come looking for him.
Sammie learns that Smoke spared Stack’s life at the joint that night and made him promise to leave the young musician to live his life peacefully. Stack and Mary somehow escaped the daylight that burned the other vampires to ashes and continued their relationship as vampires. Sammie turns down Stack’s offer to make him immortal, saying he has seen enough of the world.
The final credits scene takes viewers back before that fateful night. A young, innocent Sammie is seen playing the guitar in his father’s church. Strumming the instrument alone in the church, he sings a version of “This Little Light of Mine,” suggesting he’s ready to let the “light” of his musical talent shine. In the end, Sammie found freedom in pursuing his art against all odds.
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