Red Devil and Heroine Su (2020)

A well produced short GL Wuxia that will make you want for more

This review is going to be quite short because I do not want for it to take longer to read than the story it talks about and when the tag says short film, it is not lying. This short film is 4 minutes long and is halfway between the music video, the trailer, and the short film.

It tells the story of those two women, their fights and love story in fragments. It is only showing us snippets of a larger story. It is quite effective at showing us this story in the 4 minutes they have even if we are left wanting for more (if anyone feels like writing fanfiction about this story, please do it and then come back here to tell me more). It follows a pretty standard story structure which makes it easier to follow.

The costumes are very pretty and the two actresses manage to sell the story quite well. The fact that they seem to be actually together in real life (the short film was posted on their youtube channel where they publish vlogs) does help with the believability of their attraction to each other (although it is not always the case).
The production values within the constraint of time are quite good and they also did a nice job with the music.
They left me wanting for more and there are things that I would have liked to know more about with the story or to do slightly better in terms of voice-overs and such, but given that it only lasts 4 minutes, it is pretty decent.
It does not seem likely that they would produce a full length story, but I do hope they try their hands at some other short film in the future.

If you have 4 minutes to spare and want to watch a well produced GL Wuxia short film, I can only recommend watching Red Devil and Heroine Su. Let's support the GL projects that are being produced, no matter how small and hope for more of them to come out in the future!

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This is really such an underrated movie and it definitely deserves more appreciation. It's so short but doesn't feel rushed and is able to make you fall in love with itself in just the four minutes.
The story seems a bit repetitive with two people being from different sects and despite everything falling for each other but they succeeded at creating a little twist at this classical story.
The OST is really good and the movie almost feels like a music video at the same time.
The actresses have such a great chemistry together and no wonder when they are a couple in real life as well. <3 I was so happy to finally see a wlw film piece finally made by an actual wlw couple. *-*
The cinematography, sceneries, and costumes are going to make you feel like watching a high budget drama because they are amazing as well.
I've re-watched Red Witch and Heroine Su three times already and I don't think that I will ever get tired of it. But we definitely need more wuxia GLs.

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