The 13 Sins is a tensed psychological thriller exploring desperation and moral extremes of a man at crossroads. The movie is shot in the lively but dark scenery of New Orleans where Elliot Brindle, a failing salesman rakes up in debts and self-shaking problems. His life turns out dark when he loses his job and a baby is about to be born by a pregnant fiancee in addition, he also had an abusive father who confronts him. The storytelling slowly and perfectly constructs suspense when Elliot picks a call requesting an opportunity to become instant millionaires by engaging in a deadly game named thirteen little sinister tasks. The tone of the film also changes because of the growing dread that follows the movie in the beginning issues of being skeptical to becoming a desperate situation and that leads to moral corruption.
The journey of Elliot is a fascinating one and of a man torn between what he thinks is right and the overwhelming burden of circumstances. His reluctance is gradually replaced by the sense of the necessity as one task after another turns into the most brutal procedure, which makes viewers ask awkward questions about the boundaries of human endurance and ethical acceptability. The rhythm of the film is tense and every task gets more difficult and the growing level of the offensiveness of the tasks enhances the impressions of danger. In aesthetic terms, 13 Sins is a grimy, noir-looking film that drives home the point in which the protagonist, in his actions, is edged further and further towards moral rot, whilst the screenplay focuses keenly upon the psychological breakdown of the character.
The most memorable part of the film was its creation in the context of how extreme conditions may eradicate the human morality in order to expose its thin boundary between good and evil. The story has made me ponder about how easy even good people can be driven into muck by weird choices that seem impossible to choose. In the end, * 13 Sins is an extremely intriguing and mind-probing thriller that results in a haunting effect of the corruptiveness of desperation and how dear greed can be.
