Review: Hilary Swank is the femme, but is she ‘Fatale’? [Los Angeles Times :: BC-FATALE-MOVIE-REVIEW:LA]
“Fatale” is the familiar male movie nightmare of consequences for selfish actions while in a relationship, but through a thriller lens that blows things up. Talk about going from tender to tinder.
Derrick (Michael Ealy) is a successful sports agent in Los Angeles, running a booming firm with his best friend Rafe (Mike Colter). Derrick is married to gorgeous real estate agent Tracie (Damaris Lewis) but they’ve hit some bumpy road. So what should a concerned, loving husband do? Go to a Vegas bachelor party and get it on with hot stranger Val (Hilary Swank), of course!
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Its opening moments suggest âFataleâ may be alarmingly bad.
âI was always the smart one, the one who played to win,â the noir thrillerâs lead character, Michael Ealyâs Derrick, says in narration mostly absent from the rest of the affair. âI was damn good at it â I was the best. But then I took my eye off the ball, and, just like that, the rules changed. I was no longer playing to win. This was a new game. Iâm playing for my life now.â
Wow. That is rough.
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And considering âFataleâ was penned by screenwriter David Loughery â credited with scripting 1989âs âStar Trek V: The Final Frontier,â considered by many to be the worst of the âTrekâ films â you donât really expect things will get better.
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