
In New Orleans, the salesman Elliot Brindle is full of debts and expecting a promotion to get married with his girlfriend Shelby that is pregnant. However his unethical chief fires him and Elliot is desperate since he supports his intellectually disabled brother Michael Brindle with his health insurance. He reaches the rock bottom when his estranged racist father tells that he is going to live with him. Out of the blue, Elliot receives a phone call and a stranger invites him ... (Full plot summary below)
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In New Orleans, the salesman Elliot Brindle is full of debts and expecting a promotion to get married with his girlfriend Shelby that is pregnant. However his unethical chief fires him and Elliot is desperate since he supports his intellectually disabled brother Michael Brindle with his health insurance. He reaches the rock bottom when his estranged racist father tells that he is going to live with him. Out of the blue, Elliot receives a phone call and a stranger invites him to participate in a game where he may win a large amount and become a millionaire provided he accomplishes thirteen tasks. Initially the skeptical Elliot needs to kill a fly and then eat it. After each task, Elliot finds the promised deposit in his bank account. He decides to accept the invitation, and the tasks become aggressive, gruesome, brutal and offensive. When Elliot decides to quit the game, he realizes that there is no return for him.
Leave your thoughts about 13 Sins.
| Film Journal InternationalEthan AlterSluggish morality-play-cum-horror movie that wastes much of its shock value on an impenetrable mythology. |
| JWRS. James WeggNot surprisingly, the last challenge is the most difficult of all. |
| The Film StageNathan BartlebaughA balance of ragged social anger and nervous, pulpy thrills. |
| RogerEbert.comChristy LemireDarkly funny and deeply twisted, 13 Sins grabs you from its startling opening sequence and doesn’t let go. |
| The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicThis is one of those mind games that lean too heavily on the mindless to be thoroughly enjoyable, turning sadistic pleasure into harmless boredom. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeIt's a challenging genre to take on - one in which it's difficult to deliver surprises or present complex characters - but Stamm has acquitted himself well. |
| Examiner.comJeff Beck13 Sins is a tense and thrilling rollercoaster that grabs you just a few minutes in and doesn't let go until its done taking you through its bizarre trip. |
| VarietyJustin ChangAchieves a modest degree of tension and dark humor before tilting into gory overkill, while its diffuse central ideas — about materialism, the dangers of playing God and the latent human capacity for violence — never really take plausible shape. |
| FEARnetScott WeinbergA nasty demeanor, an excellent lead performance, plenty of strong support work, and a thoroughly expeditious pace. Dark fun. |
| Movie MezzanineKevin KetchumA mish-mash of ideas cobbled from older, better films, and executed with nothing new or interesting to add |