Redux Redux fuses sci-fi gimmicks to build an emotional revenge thriller
Polygon
by Samantha NelsonFebruary 20, 2026
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"Redux Redux," a low-budget sci-fi thriller co-written and directed by Kevin and Matthew McManus (known for *Cobra Kai* and *American Vandal*), merges multiverse exploration with time-loop storytelling to create a moody, emotional revenge thriller. The film follows a grieving mother who embarks on a multiversal murder spree, using alternate realities to exact revenge against those responsible for her loss. While the movie successfully freshens the grief-and-multiverse trope by adding a time-loop narrative, it occasionally struggles with clunky expository dialogue that could have been more subtly handled.
The film joins a growing trend of multiverse stories, such as *Fringe*, *Rick and Morty*, *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse*, and *Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
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Originally published on Polygon on 2/20/2026