Big guns biting back

IN BRAM Stoker's Dracula, the count hears howling wolves and enthuses: "Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!" Music seduces in Black Panther and Creed director Ryan Coogler's stylish vampire yarn, which explicitly harnesses the transcendental power of instruments and the human voice to connect people from different cultures.

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Michael B Jordan plays dual roles as sharp-suited brothers Smoke and Stack, who return to their 1930s hometown of Clarksdale, swathed in notoriety from exploits in Chicago as small fish in the big pond of Al Capone's criminal underworld. The siblings open a blues joint with the help of their young cousin Sammie (Miles Caton) and friends including local medicine woman Annie (Wunmi Mosaku) and pianist Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo).