Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Direction
Coogler's most formally adventurous work—he's playing with time itself.
Score
Original blues performances that function as plot, not padding.
Acting
Michael B. Jordan plays twins so distinct you'll forget it's one person.
Director
Ryan Coogler
Michael B. Jordan
Smoke / Stack
Hailee Steinfeld
Mary
Miles Caton
Sammie Moore
Jack O'Connell
Remmick
Wunmi Mosaku
Annie
Jayme Lawson
Pearline
Omar Benson Miller
Cornbread
Delroy Lindo
Delta Slim
Li Jun Li
Grace Chow
Yao
Bo Chow
Lola Kirke
Joan
Peter Dreimanis
Bert
Buddy Guy
Old Sammie
Saul Williams
Jedidiah
Andrene Ward-Hammond
Ruthie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film reclaims Southern Gothic from its traditionally white canon, centering Black Mississippi as haunted by real history, not just metaphor.
Michael B. Jordan's two performances were shot with motion-controlled camera rigs to allow the twins to physically interact—no split-screen cheats.
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