Red Ruby Review

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Amish Gupta
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  • 3/5
A supernatural series that lacks super.

Compassionate vampires, mysterious disappearances and cursed soils, Red Ruby cramps in a lot of plot twists and revelations in a short series with an average episode no longer than 15 minutes. Unfortunately, neither are all the plot twists palatable nor jaw-dropping. It's easy to judge from an opening couple of minutes that the target audience for the series are young adults which Brat aims for anyway. Cool lingo and typical teen problems is what the show opens with before turning into a supernatural thriller.

A powerful local industrialist decided to start drilling land in his city with a lot of oil potential but uses environmentally disastrous measures to extract it. In response, a high school student Amber (Noa Drake) protests against drilling dragging her friend Theo (Michael Campion) into it who has been specifically told by his mother to steer clear of the land due to the land's horrid history. Protests and the drilling lead to unpleasant discoveries about the land's past leaving the whole town susceptible to dangerous vampires. The plot is a mouthful, but that's the only factor making it gripping. Writing lacks any clever, serious effort and performances are quite average too.

It's a weak show with glaring plotholes but makes up for good time killing drama. Show can be recommended as a lazy watch especially when without anything better at hand.

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