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Is Deon Taylor the most prolific director of studio films currently working in Hollywood? In the space of two and a half years, he’s delivered four thrillers with notable casts and throwback-y premises. (He also appears to have a sequel to his atrocious
Purge spoof/knock-off
Meet The Blacks in the can, though the teaser trailer looks even more like a fan film than the original.) Taylor is so busy that
Fatale throws back twice: first to erotic thrillers like
Fatal Attraction, then further to the twisty noirs that inspired them. It’s not a very good noir, but compared to, say, Taylor’s