Identical twin sisters work for a “mysterious” underground crime organization when a job goes bad and they have to fight their way out of a dangerous situation. But does this action thriller have enough action to keep me awake?
Double Take aka Double Kill (2026)
★ 1/2 (1.5 stars) out of 5 stars ★★★★★
If the ‘90s have taught me anything, it’s that you can make a great action movie with a relatively small budget. I thought these types of films had stopped existing in recent years, so I was surprised to see something like this come along. Unfortunately, it quickly reminded me why these films don’t get made very often anymore.
Initially, I thought the twin sisters were played by two different actresses, and I was surprised to find that they pulled a Sinners and had both roles played by Holly Prentice. Now that I know this, I can forgive the lack of chemistry between the two, as I’m sure the technical challenges of shooting each scene twice on a low budget may have hindered the performances.
At first, I assumed the actresses simply didn’t have much chemistry together, but it’s now obvious they didn’t have another performer to play off during many of their interactions. Watching this has only reinforced how impressive an actor Michael B. Jordan is.
While we’re on the topic of the main characters, how old are these women supposed to be? There are multiple moments where it feels like the story would make more sense if the twins were teenagers or, at the very least, women in their early 20s. However, one of them has a child, so their maturity level is nowhere close to where it should be. It doesn’t feel like either of them takes their job as a hit woman seriously, and as a result, some of the action scenes lack the tension and stakes they should have.
That being said, the stunt work is easily the highlight of the film and gives it the boost of energy the movie otherwise lacks. I’ll almost always give a film extra credit if it features a woman being badass and beating up men, as that’s the main draw here. It’s pretty clear that most of the time and effort went into these sequences, while everything else feels like an afterthought.
For example, how is a movie that mostly takes place at night so shockingly dark to look at? If I hadn’t watched this in complete darkness, I wouldn’t have been able to see half of what was happening on screen. Altogether, though, no amount of action can make up for what’s missing from this dragged-out hour and twenty-five minutes.