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Someone says to Paris Long, one of the dual protagonists of Max’s original film “Caddo Lake,” “If you can’t explain yourself, you’re not going anywhere.” I’m not sure I could fully explain this movie, so I might be in trouble.

However, that’s not always the issue the internet “plot hole” checkers and purists would have you believe. Sometimes it’s even preferable if a film doesn’t connect all of its dots, working more in an emotional register than a practical one, trusting viewers to meet the movie halfway. Some people are going to freak out over the major twist of “Caddo Lake” that I can’t even write about by request of the network, but I found it refreshing to see a movie that feels like a traditional streaming thriller but reveals itself to be something very different. It also helps to have a pair of leads who commit to the immediacy of their characters, never winking at the camera like lesser performers would with a script that’s this fundamentally insane. They could have called it “Cuckoo Lake.”