Thanks mainly to Marvel Studios, the concept of the multiverse has become, in many quarters, synonymous with lazy storytelling. It’s often rightly derided as a writer’s crutch that also allows hungry studios to revive dead characters, retell stories again and again, and recycle IP into infinity. Many viewers have become wary of films that incorporate the multiverse, and they should be (if a multiverse storyline justifies casting Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, get out the pitchforks and torches). Then there’s Redux Redux, the latest bit of riveting, lo-fi sci-fi from brothers Kevin and Matthew McManus, who have crafted a downright brilliant new use for such a tired device. In telling the story of a woman who travels to alternate universes to repeatedly kill the man who murdered her daughter, the multiverse becomes a very effective metaphor for a mother’s never-ending cycle of grief.
October 22, 2026 No Comments
