Last week I was looking for a distraction from my current studies when I was reminded by my Facebook feed that ‘Sinners and Saints’ (2010) a film Written by William Kaufman and Jay Moses and Directed by William Kaufman was out on Blue Ray and DVD. So I headed out to my local video store with one mission…to procure this disk for a private afternoon screening at my house.
‘Sinners and Saints’ takes place in New Orleans and centers around two police detectives, Sean Riley, played by Johnny Strong, and Will Ganz, played by Kevin Phillips. These detectives come together to investigate several brutal murders, thought to be related to gang crime, but as the investigation moves forward they are led down another path leading to crimes of a more horrific nature.
The action in this film is fantastic. There are gun fights, cars, foot chases, knife fights, a little something for everyone and all of which are intense enough to keep you on the edge of your seat for the entire film. But what caught my attention was the dramatic element of the film.
William Kaufman was able to develop multiple story lines between and within the characters and capture the performances delivered by the amazing cast, which also includes: Costas Mandylor, Sean Patrick Flanery, Tom Berenger, Method Man, Kim Coates, and Bas Rutten, just to name a few. No character was too over the top nor was the action out of character for the film. It all complimented each other while moving the story forward. Not an easy job when you think about it. You may be thinking ‘why is this such a big deal?’ well it is a big deal because so many police dramas don’t get this far. The police drama sits on a precarious fence where it could get knocked off and land into two possible worlds. One being the over dramatic rent a cop movie the other a comedic super dudes flick. Only if the filmmaker can find the right balance of action and drama for their film can they land on the fence and maintain that edgy action filled realism needed to hold the audience in the police drama that ‘Sinners and Saints’ accomplishes.
William Kaufman combines great story telling with exciting action sequences and gives us a thrilling police drama. ‘Sinners and Saints’ an original film by William Kaufman…I recommend it.
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