"Dance with the devil."
Director: Ryan Coogler
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku
Sinners — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home.
Context
Said to Sammie and Smoke when warning them against opening the juke joint.
Meaning
Foreshadows both the supernatural and human violence that eventually descends upon them.
There are legends of people with the gift of making music so true it can pierce the veil between life and death, conjuring spirits from the past and the future.
Context
Delivered as narration and in conversation.
Meaning
Establishes the mystical nature of Sammie’s blues talent and why the supernatural creatures are drawn to him.
Chicago is like Mississippi, just with taller buildings.
Context
Smoke explains to Sammie why they returned South despite the threat of Jim Crow.
Meaning
Highlights that systemic racism exists across all of America.
Figured we might as well deal with the devil we know.
Context
Said when discussing their choice to set up business in their hometown rather than staying in Chicago's criminal underworld.
Meaning
Reflects their decision to handle the familiar racial realities of their hometown over Chicago's criminal underworld.
Take care, little Sammie.
Context
Spoken to an elderly Sammie in 1992 in the mid-credits scene as vampire Mary and Stack leave the bar.
Meaning
Signifies six decades of shared, haunting history between the characters.
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