Parallel

Parallel

Year: 2018

Runtime: 104 mins

Language: English

Director: Isaac Ezban

Science FictionFantasyHorrorMonsters aliens sci-fi and the apocalypseThought-provoking sci-fi action and future technology

A group of friends discovers a mirror that acts as a gateway to multiple universes. Intrigued, they begin exchanging information between these realities to improve their lives. However, their actions trigger a series of increasingly perilous consequences as they realize tampering with the multiverse has unforeseen and dangerous repercussions.

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Timeline & Setting – Parallel (2018)

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The house with the mirror, The local bar, The lakeside cabin, The startup office

An old family house centers the action, anchored by a secret attic containing a mirror portal to alternate realities. The local bar serves as a social hub and rumor mill about hauntings connected to the house. A lakeside cabin becomes a refuge and a crossroads for exchanges across worlds. A modern startup office provides the high-stakes backdrop where the mirror's power translates into wealth and ambition.

🏠 Haunted house 🪞 Mirror portal 🍺 Bar setting 🏢 Tech startup

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Main Characters – Parallel (2018)

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Devin (Aml Ameen)

A co-founder of the software startup who is pragmatic and protective, but increasingly stressed by the impossible deadline. He grapples with the ethical implications of using the mirror and resists cutting corners, even as ambition tempts him. His insight into his father’s death later reshapes his view on power and responsibility.

🎯 Ambition 🧭 Morality 🧩 Problem-solver

Noel (Martin Wallström)

A fellow co-founder who embraces the portal's power to steal ideas and accelerate wealth. He becomes increasingly ruthless, treating alternate universes as tools rather than people. His manipulation drives the group toward chaos and violence before his eventual demise.

💰 Greed 🧠 Cunning 🗡️ Ruthlessness

Leena (Georgia King)

A creative partner who initially uses the mirror for art and relationships, but grows wary of Noel's plans. She becomes a key stabilizing force as loyalties shift and she ultimately helps to thwart Noel's ambitions. Her choices anchor the effort to start anew after the fallout.

🎨 Creativity 💖 Loyalty 🧭 Curiosity

Josh (Mark O'Brien)

A charismatic yet impulsive member of the startup team. He pursues personal gains through the portal, becomes unhinged by the moral fallout, and is involved in the dramatic consequences of inter-world interference. His fate highlights the dangers of treating parallel lives as playthings.

🔥 Impulsiveness 🧭 Risk-taking 🧩 Impulse-driven

Marissa (Kathleen Quinlan)

The missing woman whose diaries reveal she used the mirror to reconnect with her husband in another universe. Her backstory provides the emotional core for the portal's existence and explores themes of grief, memory, and longing.

💔 Grief 🧭 Searching 📓 Diary

Carmen (Alyssa Diaz)

The barmaid who hints at haunting rumors surrounding the house and later becomes entangled in the alternate-world flirtations sparked by the portal. She represents the human costs and temptations that the mirror amplifies.

🗣️ Charisma 🎭 Bar-life 💫 Allure

Seth

The betrayer who betrayed the startup by aligning with external investors, catalyzing the group's scramble and moral decline. His presence underscores the theme of trust and the consequences of collusion with power.

💼 Deceit ⚖️ Ambition 🕳️ Betrayal

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Major Themes – Parallel (2018)

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🪞 Dimensional Travel

A mirror portal opens paths to alternate universes, letting the characters swap, steal, and manipulate versions of themselves. The portal's reach expands from curiosity to danger, as actions in one world ripple into others. The film uses the device to explore identity, consequence, and the fragility of reality when multiple lives intersect.

🧠 Ambition vs Ethics

The startup quartet pursues rapid success by exploiting the portal to gain ideas, wealth, and influence. Ethical boundaries blur as personal gain clashes with loyalty and honesty. The narrative asks whether extraordinary power justifies morally gray means, and shows the breakdown when ambition overrides humanity.

💔 Love and Loss

Grief and longing drive actions across parallel worlds, including Marissa's diaries about a dead husband she seeks to reunite with in another reality. Relationships form and fracture under the pressure of stolen lives and altered memories. The story traces how love persists, distorts, or destroys when borders between worlds collapse.

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 07:56

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