Dual

 In 2019 Riley Stearns blew me away with The Art of Self Defense. His latest film, Dual is much in the same vein, off-putting leads learns to fight. Karen Gillan is great as a awkward and neurotic sad sack, one that finds out she is going to die so she gets a clone. The clone is even more awkward. The original finds out she isn't going to die but the clone is now dating her husband and her mother prefers her, so the two must battle to death. Great concept but i found myself disinterested throughout. The best scenes involve Gillan and Aaron Paul training with guns & knives, they have an amazing quirky chemistry. The film ends rather bleak in all the right ways. It is an enjoyable little film but unlike Self Defense it is not one i will be talking about years later.