SummaryIn this suspenseful and provocative psychological thriller, a successful sports agent, Darren (Michael Ealy), watches his perfect life slowly disappear when he becomes entangled in a police investigation led by a discredited, disgraced and determined detective (Hilary Swank), with whom he had a wild one night stand.
Directed By:Deon Taylor
Written By:David Loughery
Fatale
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42
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4.9
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
42
15% Positive
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54% Mixed
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31% Negative
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4 Reviews
Jan 12, 2021
75
The film never takes itself too seriously, considering there are some serious actors in it. In the end, it’s all good fun and a great movie to turn on when you want to hand out with friends and see something truly insane.
Dec 18, 2020
60
Fatale proves very watchable, in an incredulous B-movie kind of way, and Taylor is a slick enough filmmaker to keep things moving swiftly and entertainingly. The film certainly looks terrific, thanks to Dante Spinotti's glossy cinematography and the high-end production design and costuming.
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4.9
17% Positive
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Dec 18, 2020
8
Michael Ealy plays a sports agent, who goes to a bachelor party in Las Vegas and ends up cheating on his wife with another woman (Hilary Swank). Needless to say, this brief affair comes back to threaten everything in his life. Ealy is earnest and gets lots of screen time to grimace in agony, while Swank clearly loves playing a psycho. This starts out looking like a marriage drama, but once bad things start happening it ramps up the tension. Even when things seem hopeless, the plot twists again and again. There’s more anxiety than suspense and the overbearing soundtrack makes intrusive attempts to ramp things up. Still, the fatal are played out with deadly disclosures to keep the audience guessing.
Mar 7, 2023
5
I enjoyed this movie but definitely knew where it was going. It tried to set it up for a big twist but failed in my eyes. I’m not saying it’s a bad movie or failed. It is entertaining. Not much else to say.
Dec 18, 2020
50
The main event here is Swank, who was a plaintive and sentimental figure in her earliest movies and has only fully come into her strength in youthful middle age. This strength makes Fatale an entertaining diversion and holds out the promise for something deeper and more satisfying in the future.
Dec 18, 2020
50
While this latter-day noir never builds up the froth of lurid delirium that brings genre pictures into a headier dimension, it’s got enough juice to hold your attention.
Dec 18, 2020
40
As improbable as Valerie’s endgame seems once revealed, it plainly demonstrates she’s nobody's chump. It’s not exactly a feminist reading, but one that gives Fatale a little backbone.
Dec 18, 2020
38
The David Loughery script — he wrote Ealy’s “The Intruder” — wins points for attempted twists, but frankly they don’t build suspense or deliver shocks, so what’s the point?
Dec 18, 2020
25
It lacks the verbal punch of a pulpy film noir. Its pacing is too slack to serve as a gripping romantic thriller. It even rings hollow as a cautionary tale, because everyone is scheming and duplicitous and so no one has been truly wronged.
Sep 11, 2021
5
It was a bit average to me in many ways. The story on paper was nice, but some details were a bit too weird there
Jul 21, 2021
5
The first 80% of this movie is a metacritic 70, the last 20% is a trainwreck 20--awful wrap-up
Jun 8, 2021
4
(Mauro Lanari)
Since the title you would expect something similar to the Lyne of "Fatal Attraction" (1987), while in reality it is more reminiscent of the Hitchcock of "Strangers on a Train" (1951): in both cases the two protagonists are miscast and twists are implausible.
Dec 21, 2021
1
Almost a modern rip-off clone of Fatal Attraction and any other crude one-night-stand nightmare flick that’s gone before and after it. Fatale, plays its way through each of the expected clichés, each layer becoming more vulgar and grotesque till it becomes unbearable. Hillary Swank looks a little worse for wear as the super bent Policewoman out to exact vengeance on any who foolishly cross her path. Stay home or find another session, otherwise turn off and change the disc. Best feature, Geoff Zanellie’s pensive score - although it also comes to a point where it has nowhere else to go, like the story.
Production Company:
- Hidden Empire Film Group (HEFG)
Release Date:Dec 18, 2020
Duration:1 h 42 m
Rating:R
Tagline:One mistake can change your life.
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