Sinners and Saints (2010)

Powerful

Great Film overall

As Good As It Gets

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

This duo is great, really great. Johnny Strong, an actor with perfect action performance and charisma, William Kaufman, a director who creates miracles with limited budget. Imagine what William Kaufman could accomplish with bigger budgets. I would be first to see that movie. And Johnny Strong, an action god among a lot of so-called action movie actors. All the other roles are convincing, no overblown performances, no stupid endless conversations. This movie proves that you do not need million dollar budgets and CGI to achieve success. To sum up, very good old school action movie with action scenes. And finally, most realistic gun battles I've ever seen genuinely.

Whether you know him best as an occasional actor, a martial arts champion, or a heavy metal singer, there is no doubting the fact that Johnny Strong is a very interested and talented guy. That's why I wanted to see his only leading role, unfortunately, the best part of this film, was it's soundtrack. Strong plays Detective Sean Riley, a cop who doesn't play by any rules. He recently lost his family and now he finds himself smack in the middle of a gang war, that he feels is getting help from inside his own department. On top of that, he's stuck with a new partner, a guy who is definitely not ready for where this investigation is about to go. As far as stories go, this one wasn't too bad, but the problem here is Johnny Strong. I like the guy a lot, when it comes to an actor who can put out a few funny lines and kick some ass, he's perfect, but the star of a feature film, he's not suited for that and it shows. The background story here is pretty solid, but due to the lack of acting skills, it isn't developed much, and we end up with a lot of heated profanity laced arguments, followed by gun fights. Your typical, basic, low budget, action film. There really wasn't anything special about this movie other than a few funny lines, unfortunately pretty much what I expected.

"This is N'Awlins white boy, you ain't seen nothing' yet." After a call goes horribly bad Detective Sean Riley (Strong) is given a new partner. Trying to cope with a failed marriage, the death of his son, and a series of brutal murders that is affecting the entire city he is a very unstable officer. When clues lead to something bigger then either expected it is up to the two new partners to work together and stop the ring before it's too late. Lately the "cop revenge" movies have been very slow and not exciting to watch (Blood Out/Set Up). This one, while slow in parts, is very good. I tried as hard as I could not to compare the two, but this one reminded me of a harsher "Lethal Weapon". There really is nothing new in this movie. A loose cannon of a detective is teamed with a family man who is by the book, the two somehow can work together and yada...yada...yada. Even though this is a movie that has been done to death it is still very enjoyable and very much worth watching. I really enjoyed it. Overall, one of the few repetitive type movies that is exciting and worth a watch. I give it a B+.

Not many movies make my day these days, but today my day is made! This movie is a treat. If you are a fan of stylish, old school action movies, with an emphasis on dialogue and memorable characters, enter Sinners and Saints.From start to finish, the movie runs. That is the pace. Tons of well-executed action sequences with a pumping soundtrack keep you ignorant of any flaws that there might be.The actors OWN their characters. Even the typical henchmen have something stylish to them that makes their screen presence enjoyable to an extent.For once the good guys aren't constantly entering monologues about whether or not killing someone is right or not. They just do it. Short and brutal decision-making. The 'baddies' aren't any different and "remorse" is not in this movie's vocabulary.I can't think of a criticism, as an action movie (not a thinking movie), it succeeds and delivers on all levels, ie, the only level that there is, 'Action!'.Don't expect scantily clad damsels in distress, if you want that, watch just about anything else, this is more along the lines of Die Hard, where action is paramount, everything else, an unnecessary burden to pace.Final word: Watch it, buy it, own it, tell your friends about it, drink while watching it, buy a second copy in case one gets damaged. This is bound to be a cult classic!