A sinister force with a clock attached to its chest that reads 08:26 looms outside Jess's yoga class in 2022, which then returns her to a conversation on a park bench with a friend. She explains the strangely disturbing comfort of the skeletal figure of Dr. Bones, who always seems to be hovering in her peripheral vision.
Later, Jess and her partner Scott are shot by an armed intruder in her apartment, triggering a whirlwind trip through her past. Once she controls her breathing, she will be able to take an active role in the moments she relives. Her chance presents her with a difficult decision about whether to intervene to save her loved ones from making the same decisions that led to the timeline she just watched come to a bloody end.
Director: Jed Shepherd
Writer: Jed Shepherd
Stars: Haley Bishop, Amar Chadha-Patel, Maya Graham
Lashback clearly feels like a proof of concept for a standout version of this plot conceit. Writer-director Jed Shepherd seems to have a lot on his mind with the idea of the ability to change the course of our lives in the replay we see when we die.
However, such a short duration does not give you the ability to adequately develop more than one idea. There's something here, and Netflix would do well to expand it into a full feature. Shepherd has skillfully demonstrated the strength of the idea within the limitations of the format. However, the value of looking at this project in its infancy is debatable.
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