2020 · drama · thriller · music
Fatale
Directed by Deon Taylor1h 42m2020
After a wild one-night stand, successful sports agent Derrick Tyler watches his perfect life slowly disappear when he discovers the sexy and mysterious woman he risked everything for is determined police detective Valerie Quinlan who entangles him in her latest investigation. As he desperately tries to put the pieces together, he falls deeper into her trap, risking his family, his career, and even his life.
Our read: Fatale (2020) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded drama · thriller · music entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
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