S.W.’s Scores
Continuity
+3
Entertainment
+5
Rewatchability
+4
CastMichael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Delroy Lindo
S.W.’s Verdict
Coogler drops vampires into 1930s Mississippi and lets the Blues do the bleeding. Jordan playing both twins works because the film never treats it as a gimmick. The juke joint siege is the kind of sustained tension that makes your jaw ache. Some structural looseness in the middle act, but the music and horror imagery are relentless enough to forgive it.