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RedLife (2023)

A worthy slow burn that does keep you hooked

This movie is a slow burn but it does keep you hooked as you desperately want to see what the two main characters have to do with each other. Their story lines run parallel and barely cross, though I won't give away anymore.

The main take away for me is bad decisions of youth very similar to the Filipino film "Ordinary People". However there is a clever underlying theme added to the film of leaving people or leaving loved ones. Throughout the film there are constant departures by death or angry partition and the constant mention by the supporting cast of not wanting the main characters or other loved ones to leave them.