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Indie Thriller 'Redux Redux' Opens to Strong Reviews With a Grounded Multiverse

The McManus brothers apply a “mundane” multiverse to a character-driven revenge story.

Overview

  • After premiering at SXSW in 2025, Redux Redux opens in theaters on February 20 via Saban Films.
  • Sibling filmmakers Kevin and Matthew McManus cast their sister Michaela McManus as a mother who hunts her daughter’s killer across parallel worlds, with a surviving victim disrupting her routine.
  • The directors depict near-identical universes where tiny continuity changes carry meaning, leaning on audience fluency with multiverse stories to avoid heavy exposition.
  • Recent interviews credit Marvel, DC, and films like Everything Everywhere All at Once for enabling the film’s stripped-back explanations.
  • Early reviews praise the genre-blending, emotional focus, and performances, highlighting Michaela McManus and Jeremy Holm, with the indie completed on a tight 18-day shoot.