A woman travels from universe to universe to find and kill her daughter’s murderer.
Interesting concept, decent execution. An emblematic opening sequence kicks things off with promise, only to pivot into something that feels closer to Luc Besson–style genre entertainment than prestige sci-fi. Redux Redux ultimately plays like a family-forged, low-budget passion project that, to its credit, absolutely earns its existence. Because when the family in question commits this hard, the result tends to have a pulse.
Producer/writer/director siblings Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus, alongside their sibling actress Michaela McManus, and Stella Marcus, pull viewers into a multiverse soaked in unspeakable grief. The premise is brutally simple: a mother desperately searches across realities for a version of the world where her daughter still lives – while ensuring that the man responsible for her death exists in none of them.
Yes, the film carries visible budgetary constraints. The build-up occasionally wobbles, and the pseudoscientific framework requires a generous suspension of disbelief. But here’s the thing: the narrative hook is strong enough to compensate for many of those limitations. The performances are solid across the board, grounding the film’s more speculative ambitions in recognisable human pain, leaving hypothetical science aside. This is very much one of those films where you accept the old maxim: don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story.
Technically, the film often punches above its weight. The photography works surprisingly well, lending texture and mood where spectacle is limited, while the editing demonstrates a welcome sense of rhythm – smooth sailing when momentum is needed, deliberately rougher when tension demands it.
Will Redux Redux dominate academic discourse or year-end lists? Unlikely. The first two minutes arguably oversell what follows, and the film never quite sustains that initial surge of intensity. Yet as an American indie effort, it delivers where it matters most: engagement.
Not essential viewing – but certainly worth your time. And that’s exactly what a film like this is meant to be: two hours of effective, emotionally driven escape.
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