Ah, the old temporal hokey-pokey—that's what Reversi, Adrian Teh's chrono-melodrama, is all about. Imagine, if you will, being blessed (or cursed) with the ability to shimmy back through the sands of time, to cha-cha with chance and foxtrot with fate. Our protagonist, Akid (played with soulful intensity by Beto Kusyairy), is a police negotiator who moonlights as a time-traveler, courtesy of a genetic quirk passed down from his father. But here's the rub: every jaunt into the past takes a bite out of Akid's lifespan, like a temporal tapeworm nibbling away at his mortality. Teh, usually known for his pedal-to-the-metal action flicks, shifts into a more introspective gear, weaving a mournful tapestry of love, loss, and the crushing weight of what-ifs. When tragedy strikes Akid's wife and son, he's sucked into a vortex of despair, desperately trying to rewrite history like a manic screenwriter on a deadline. Kusyairy's performance is a slow-burn symphony of anguish, each doomed decision etched onto his furrowed brow. "Reversi" is a poignant reminder that the past is a foreign country, and sometimes the only way to move is forward.