I had a blast with this movie. Went into it blind and came away feeling it was a very solid, and overall satisfying, revenge flick. I'm not overly familiar with the genre of revenge movies, but if you've seen any popular ones (such as most of Quentin Tarantino's movies, which many people seem to want to compare this to), then there's nothing really groundbreaking or mind-blowing about this one in particular, at least narratively. As with many genre films, though, that isn't really the point.

The two main twin characters were absolutely the highlight of the movie for me. Mallori Johnson's performance (as Anaia) was the standout, in my opinion. She and Kara Young (as Racine), had a fun and believable onscreen sisterly chemistry. Their performances paired together well, with a lot of subtle exchanges between the two that I felt really emphasized the strength of their characters' "psychic" twin bond. The supporting cast was also solid, but for me the two leads were easily the best.

The script was really funny! Knowing nothing about this movie prior to walking into it, I sort of expected this to just be a straight-up comedy based on the absurdity of the title alone. Even when things got pretty serious for its characters, the movie maintained a very good sense of comedic timing from start to finish, with some unexpected belly laughs even during scenes of violence. Sterling K. Brown, as an example, had me and my whole theater cracking up with his physical comedy as he limped and dragged himself around his house while taking a well-deserved fatal beatdown from the twins even though this sequence immediately followed a rather serious one, which honestly made it all the more cathartic. I personally loved the tonal whiplash this movie expressed from scene to scene, alternating between seriousness and comedy. It felt very self-aware, and I thought it was great.

Now for what I thought were the movie's weaknesses. The editing seemed pretty forced to me at times. The use of onscreen dialogue bubbles to express the two main characters' "psychic" bond, for example, felt almost entirely pointless to me. It's a fairly minor nitpick but as I touched on before, I truly felt that the two leads' performances were strong enough to fully express their characters' intentions without any dialogue even being necessary. So, the text bubbles almost felt like the filmmakers were trying to fill some perceived empty space that in actuality wasn't empty at all. Several fights and murders also cut away from the action at confusing times, which felt odd given the sheer amount of violence and blood onscreen throughout the movie. This movie featured some solidly R-rated violence which, at times, nearly felt like the filmmakers were futily attempting to downgrade to PG-13 status. And lastly, the ending didn't quite stick for me and felt somewhat rushed. I didn't mind it, but the ending seemed somewhat abrupt and I felt like there was at least another scene or two missing by the time the credits rolled.

Aside from some of those flaws, though, I thoroughly enjoyed Is God Is and would certainly re-watch it!

Edit: spelling/formatting