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 It takes a long time for Jagged Mind protagonist Billy (Legends of Tomorrow's Maisie Richardson-Sellers) to figure out the evil intentions his new girlfriend Alex (Westworld's Shannon Woodward) is keeping from him, but the audience gets there much faster. In a way, Jagged Mind's initial disclaimer about depictions of intimate partner violence works as a spoiler, making Alex's first appearance even more threatening than the film's generally sinister tone indicates. . That kind of blunt, obvious storytelling keeps Jagged Mind from being truly scary or moving, but the movie does have some strong, sporadic moments. From the start, something seems wrong with Billy's perception of time. Worried about inheriting his mother's early-onset dementia, he experiences bouts of déjà vu and wasted time. She goes for a run through Little Haiti, her neighborhood in her Miami, she stops in the middle of the street, and all of a sudden, she's left alone in a bar for the ni...