Fatale

Slow start turns into an absorbing thriller with a different end. Worth a view.

Successful sports agent Derrick Tyler (Michael Ealy) is getting married. He's brought to Vegas for a last day of bachelor freedom. He's disinterested until he meets Val (Hilary Swank). He lies and they have a fling. He leaves her to go back to his life in L. A. Someone breaks into his home and almost kills him. The police arrives and detective Val Quinlan turns out to be his Val from Vegas.

A cheating guy is hard to root for. The movie is trying to get the audience to empathize but I have no sympathy. Then the movie gets complicated. Val has personal drama. There are complications everywhere. The premise starts losing the thread. They are trying to do a Strangers on a Train plot but they are nowhere clever enough. Val's final move is unnecessary and ultimately makes no sense. This is a plot getting away from the writer's grasp. It has the lurid undertones but it becomes more gloss than grit. There could be something here if it could clean up some of the junk.

This movie was very entertaining to watch, and I definitely enjoyed watching it. Yes it could have been better written. But it was still worth a movie night. Loved the main actors, the music score and just overall the energy. The plot could've been a little more thought out and believable. But nonetheless it's no where near as bad as these ridiculous critics are saying it is. I don't know what exactly they were trying to expect, an Oscar film??!

This is a good drama. Though the story is plain and easily guessed, it is still engaging.

I thought it was a pretty good story, good character development. But the backing soundtrack was really out of place and seemed inappropriate for the situations.