Overview
- The Amazon MGM Studios release, which opens Friday, May 15, is drawing strong notices from outlets like IndieWire, /Film, The A.V. Club, and The Globe and Mail.
- Playwright Aleshea Harris adapts her 2018 Obie-winning work into her first feature, shaping a revenge road story about twin sisters sent by their dying mother to find their father.
- Critics describe a striking blend of Afropunk, grindhouse, and neo-noir with Greek-tragedy echoes, using stylized dialogue, on-screen text, split screens, and surreal images.
- Reviewers single out Kara Young and Mallori Johnson as breakout leads, with vivid support from Vivica A. Fox as the mother and Sterling K. Brown as the father.
- Coverage praises the ambition yet flags occasional flat visuals, pacing lulls, or clunky action, while noting the film’s frank focus on domestic violence and generational trauma.