Flash Warning
2025 · 9m · USA
Directed by Allegra Leguizamo
A young woman named Pia joins her boyfriend's family for a weekend getaway, but after a disturbing incident with his father, she spirals into self-doubt and confusion before reclaiming her agency in a decisive, bloody confrontation.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Gray-zone assault inside the perpetrator's family ending in 'viscerally empowering revenge' — Promising Young Woman did this loudly already, and the synopsis suggests this one knows where it's headed from minute one. Tidy resolution to messy subject.
Sexual assault told from within the perpetrator's family dynamic, ending in revenge — Promising Young Woman compressed to nine minutes is a perilous tonal compression. The cast and crew suggest competence; whether the form serves the subject is the question I'd want answered by viewing.
Allegra Leguizamo writing/directing/starring in a piece about her boyfriend's father — that triple authorship usually means the performance has nowhere to hide. Nine twenty-five with a viscerally bloody confrontation ending; can't verify the execution but the premise is unambiguous.
Reviews
The filmmaker wraps her storyline with a satisfying, empowering and very bloody ending for our delight.
Seeing her reclaim her self agency feels all the more powerful.
Festivals
- Miami Film Festival 2025