'Is God Is' Trailer Breakdown: Revenge is Best Served Without Apology
Vivica A. Fox leads a Western-tinged revenge thriller of biblical proportion
“Look at me. Look at me. Look at me.”
A trailer that immediately demands your undivided attention.
The chant grates across the screen like nails on a chalkboard. From its jagged and static declaration of the first “look at me,” you are forced to see the burns, the damage, and the aftermath of a father who lit his wife on fire and left her, and their children, for dead.
Is God Is makes a bold statement and, if this trailer is any indication of what’s to come, we are about to witness a revenge cult classic of biblical proportion.
We Got a Letter From Momma
Written and directed by Aleshea Harris in her directorial debut, Is God Is is a genre-bending suspense thriller wrapped in Western-esque elements—dusty, deliberate, dangerous.
The cast include the following:
Vivica A. Fox - God
Kara Young - The Rough One
Mallori Johnson - The Quiet One
Erika Alexander - The Healer
Mykelti Williamson - The Lawyer
Janelle Monáe - The New Wife
Sterling K. Brown - The Monster
God is bed-ridden, body completely scarred from the violence inflicted upon her. One of the twins, The Quiet One, bears those same scars—a direct reflection of the destruction her father left in his wake. But when God looks to her girls and says, “Make your daddy dead. Real dead,” her message is sound and clear.
It’s not a metaphor.
It’s not some twisted joke.
Revenge is a must and he will pay for the pain he’s caused.
From that moment of declaration, the trailer unfolds like scripture written in blood and tears. And the twins move through the town, seeking answers like archangels on a divine mission of retribution. It is in their search for their father that the trailer moves from feeling like passive trauma to full blown rage in motion. And there’s no turning back.
“What is done cannot be undone, but at least one can prevent it from happening again” ~ Anne Frank
As the trailer shifts from task to pursuit, Beyoncé’s “Yaya” effectively platforms their quest. The transition from the darkness of “look at me” to Beyonce screaming “wildfire burned his house down” is electrifying and chaotic. Retribution becomes a song, a rhythm, a dance. And the vengeance, poetry.
“Imagine what our lives would look like if he hadn’t done it”
The twins aren’t just chasing a man. They are chasing the person who destroyed all possibilities of what their life could have been. And in that, Is God Is embodies not just revenge but rage, redemption, and a personal revolution.
With Vivica A. Fox as God and Sterling K. Brown as, essentially, the Devil himself, Is God Is feels like an instant revenge thriller cult classic of biblical proportion.
It’s violent. It’s unapologetic. And it seeks revenge without the need to explain nor seek permission to do so.
And when the final scream pierces your eardrum as the screen cuts to black, the only thing you can do is hold your breath.
Is God Is premieres in theaters everywhere Friday, May 15, 2026. Check out the trailer below.
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