Spoilers need to borrow a cup of sugar.

If there’s a constant trend for Fantasia, it is that I will watch at least one film dealing with some sort of time travel plot contrivance. It’s the kind of film that has created its on subgenre in sci-fi, with the time loop in particular gaining notoriety. The comparisons to other films are unavoidable but there are a few original twists to make it worth your time.

The G (2024) was directed by Karl R. Hearne. Ann (Dale Dickey) is a retired elder woman who is known to be tough as nails. She and her ill husband Chip (Greg Ellwand) live in their own place and are only visited by Chip’s granddaughter Emma (Romane Denis). The couple falls prey to scammers that have managed to gain access to their finances and have them sequestered in a retirement home, scandalously without their consent. However, Ann has a mysterious past and resources enough to make things very difficult for her captors. After a violent episode results in tragedy, Ann realizes it’s time she heats things up.

Now I wish I could tell you the revenge genre is alive and well. This is because the movie chooses the long way around to finally produce the promised payback and finally have Ann unleash revenge on these predators. If you’re expecting a violent revenge thriller, you’ll find most of the runtime is setup for what ends up being a very brief payback. Instead, it is more of a character study on a very tough character under pressure, and a warning flag against business practices that prey upon the elderly.

Not entirely recommended. Although it behaves like a revenge thriller, it does seem to have put more emphasis in continuously setting up a promised payback that when delivered feels like too little too late. This feels like tonal dissonance as to what it wants to be, so I’m not sure which is the intended audience. The end does feel like it’s been where we’re headed for a while, but when we get there it just to wrap up the story.

That will do for now.