SCARLET Review: If Hamlet Was a Sword-Wielding Warrior Princess Having a Boss Fight in the Afterlife

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A young woman finds herself in a horrifying afterlife, where many things look like our familiar reality, but with a few macabre twists. A brief flashback interlude informs us that the heroine is Scarlet, a medieval-era princess who tried to exact revenge on her treacherous uncle, who plotted against her father, had him killed, and usurped the throne. Having failed her mission in life, Scarlet is still hell-bent on getting her vengeance after death. And since the souls from all times are gathered in this strange place before passing into a better world or disappearing forever, Scarlet gathers the remnants of her strength and her sword and sets out in search of her nemesis. Scarlet is the latest film from Mamoru Hosoda, a modern classic...

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