Fatale (2020)

The fact that at the start of the movie the married sports agent sleeps with a woman in Las Vegas - who turns out to be the lead investigator when he is attacked by a home invader - has no bearing at all on the runaway plot, which starts out all Fatal Attraction, drifts into Dial M For Murder, squeezes in a convoluted Strangers On A Train finale, and as if all that weren't already far too much for what is really just a throwaway sleazy thriller of the Basic Instinct kind, finally embarrasses itself by dumping into the vapid mix some weighty messaging about the very real plight of Black men at the mercy of white American law enforcers.

★★☆☆☆

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About Last Night (2014)

Kevin Hart somehow manages to be likeable even playing shrill objectifier and verbal abuser of women Bernie Litgo and even more likeable is his friend played by Michael Ealy, a tenderheart with a moral compass ready to settle down with his corporate go-getting partner, and this surprisingly engaging movie, not quite funny enough to be considered an outright comedy but amusing, follows these two likeable characters as they move about the city and transition from young carefree partyers enjoying the singles scene to adults in committed relationships with their girlfriends.

★★★☆☆

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