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* TheDanza: Tyrin Turner as Derrick's cousin named...Tyrin.
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* KarmaHoudini: Derrick walks away scott free for [[spoiler:the death of Carter. Which is accident or no, a murder he REALLY DID commit]]
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* BusinessTripAdultery: While working on the Clinton campaign in New York, Will's girlfriend cheats on him with his roommate.
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* BusinessTripAdultery: While working on a business trip to Las Vegas, a man is encouraged to take off his wedding ring and have a fling. He meets a woman wanting casual sex, and they spend the Clinton campaign night together. The next morning, it seems that they expect much more; she even locks away his phone. He returns home to his wife, but their house is broken into that night. The detective who arrives to investigate is in New York, Will's girlfriend cheats on fact the woman he slept with, and she tries to bribe him with his roommate.for her silence.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:While he outs Valerie as a DirtyCop turned SpreeKiller with an audio recording of their final confrontation, Derrick now has to move on from the deaths of his wife, his best friend, his cousin, one of his cousin's friends, and Carter. He'll also have to live with the fact that he's Carter's accidentally killer.]]
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* TrophyWife: Carter's [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] new wife is this for Carter, and the film's IMDb page ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8829830/characters/nm8202808?ref_=tt_cl_t13 even says so]]''.
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* TrophyWife: Carter's [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] new wife is this for Carter, and even the film's IMDb page ''[[https://www.on the Internet Movie Database [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8829830/characters/nm8202808?ref_=tt_cl_t13 even says so]]''.spells it out]].
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* TrophyWife: Carter's [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] new wife is this for Carter, and the film's IMDb page ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8829830/characters/nm8202808?ref_=tt_cl_t13 even says so]]''.
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** [[spoiler:Later on, it extends to Derrick, as Valerie wants him dead not only because of what he knows, but also since [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he's no longer useful to her]].]]
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* ILied: [[spoiler:In the film's climax, Valerie deceitfully claims she doesn't want Derrick dead, but he had already anticipated an attempt at a DeceasedFallGuyGambit by that point.]]
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* ILied: [[spoiler:In the film's climax, Valerie deceitfully claims she doesn't want Derrick dead, but by then, he had already anticipated an her second attempt at a DeceasedFallGuyGambit by that point.DeceasedFallGuyGambit.]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:After becoming a SpreeKiller as part of her efforts to frame Derrick and regain custody of Haley, Valerie meets this fate when he shoots her dead.]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:After becoming a SpreeKiller as part of her efforts to frame Derrick and regain custody of Haley, Valerie meets this fate when he shoots kills her dead.in self-defense.]]
* KillingInSelfDefense: [[spoiler:The film's climax culminates in Derrick killing Valerie after she tries to kill him.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:While Valerie is posthumously outed as a DirtyCop turned SpreeKiller thanks to an audio recording he made of their final confrontation, Derrick now has to move on from the deaths of his wife, his best friend, his cousin, and one of his cousin's friends.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:While he outs Valerie is posthumously outed as a DirtyCop turned SpreeKiller thanks to with an audio recording he made of their final confrontation, Derrick now has to move on from the deaths of his wife, his best friend, his cousin, and one of his cousin's friends.friends, and Carter. He'll also have to live with the fact that he's Carter's accidentally killer.]]
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Aside from Derrick, Tyrin, and Bumpy, no one else is aware of Valerie's depravity because she's a commended LAPD detective. [[spoiler:That changes in the film's final scenes once Derrick uses an audio recording to out her as a villainous mastermind.]]
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* ManipulativeBastard: Valerie knows what buttons to push in order to make Derrick dance to her tune, and she's not above using threats so she can ensure his compliance.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:With both of her parents dead by the end of the film, Haley's fate is left unknown.]]
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** [[spoiler:With both of her parents dead by the end of the film,Haley's it's left unknown what happens to Haley.]]
** [[spoiler:Much like with her stepdaughter, the fate of Carter's new wife isleft unknown.never revealed.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:While Valerie is posthumously outed as a DirtyCop and a turned SpreeKiller thanks to an audio recording he made of their final confrontation, Derrick now has to move on from the deaths of his wife, his best friend, his cousin, and one of his cousin's friends.]]
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* ExactWords: [[spoiler:Near the end of the film, Valerie ominously voices her willingness to murder more people in order to regain custody of Haley. That includes Derrick.]]
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** [[spoiler:Valerie's scheme is to end with her pulling off a DeceasedFallGuyGambit on Derrick after she kills him for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer being useful to her]] and [[HeKnowsTooMuch simply knowing too much]].]]
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** [[spoiler:Three years before the film's events, Valerie got drunk and left her service gun unattended, resulting in her daughter Haley accidentally shooting herself after she found it. As a result, Valerie's then-husband Carter Heywood—who is also Haley's father—divorced and filed a restraining order against her. She was also stripped of her custodial rights.]]
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** [[spoiler:Three years before the film's events, prior, Valerie got drunk and left her service gun unattended, resulting in her daughter Haley accidentally shooting herself after she found it. As a result, Valerie's then-husband Carter Heywood—who Carter—who is also Haley's father—divorced and filed a restraining order against her. She was also stripped of her custodial rights.]]
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* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:Rafe became this to Derrick once he began having an affair with Derrick's wife Tracie, and it's taken even further after she orders him to murder his former best friend.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: This honor goes to the masked person wearing an all-black disguise who's responsible for breaking into Derrick and Tracie's residence. [[spoiler:Too bad that person is his so-called "BestFriend."]]
* EvilWearsBlack: This honor goes to the masked person wearing an all-black disguise who's responsible for breaking into Derrick and Tracie's residence. [[spoiler:Too bad that person is his so-called "BestFriend."]]
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* EvilWearsBlack: This honor goes to the masked person wearing an all-black disguise who's responsible for breaking into Derrick and Tracie's residence. [[spoiler:Too bad that personis his so-called "BestFriend."]]happens to be Rafe.]]
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* WomanScorned: Valerie is '''not''' happy to have been discarded so easily by Derrick. [[spoiler:In fact, she decides to make him the centerpiece of a DeceasedFallGuyGambit.]]
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* WomanScorned: Valerie is '''not''' happy to have been discarded so easily by Derrick. [[spoiler:In fact, she decides to make him the centerpiece of a DeceasedFallGuyGambit.DeceasedFallGuyGambit after he refuses to frame his late cousin for her crimes.]]
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:Valerie ultimately intended for Derrick to take the fall for her scheme after she killed him.]]
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:Valerie ultimately intended for Valerie tries this ''twice''.
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** [[spoiler:The second time happens in the film's climax, with Valerie trying to talk Derrick into lowering his guard so that she can murder him and then frame him for her scheme.]]
** [[spoiler:First, she suggests to Derrick that they allow Tyrin to
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Successful and married sports agent Derrick Tyler (Ealy) spends an illicit night of sexual passion with LAPD Detective Valerie Quinlan (Swank) in Las Vegas, with the two later agreeing that it was a one-time occurrence. However, all is not as it seems, with Derrick soon finding himself ensnared in a murderous and spiteful scheme orchestrated by Valerie.
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Successful and married sports agent Derrick Tyler (Ealy) spends an illicit night of sexual passion with LAPD Detective Valerie "Val" Quinlan (Swank) in Las Vegas, with the two later agreeing that it was a one-time occurrence. However, all is not as it seems, with Derrick soon finding himself ensnared in a murderous and spiteful scheme orchestrated by Valerie.
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[[caption-width-right:350:One mistake can change your life.]]
''Fatale'' is a 2020 American Thriller film starring Creator/HilarySwank, Creator/MichaelEaly, and Creator/MikeColter. Directed by Creator/DionTaylor, it had a limited theatrical release in the US on December 11, 2020.
Successfully and married man Derrick Tyler (Ealy) and Police Detective Valerie Quinlan (Swank) spend a night of passion together and later agree that it was a one time occurrence. However, all is not as it seems and Derrick soon finds himself ensnared in a murder scheme, with Valerie as the lead detective on the case.
''Fatale'' is a 2020 American Thriller film starring Creator/HilarySwank, Creator/MichaelEaly, and Creator/MikeColter. Directed by Creator/DionTaylor, it had a limited theatrical release in the US on December 11, 2020.
Successfully and married man Derrick Tyler (Ealy) and Police Detective Valerie Quinlan (Swank) spend a night of passion together and later agree that it was a one time occurrence. However, all is not as it seems and Derrick soon finds himself ensnared in a murder scheme, with Valerie as the lead detective on the case.
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''Fatale'' is a 2020 American
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:When Derrick tries to warn Carter of his ex-wife's nefarious intentions, the ensuing struggle results in the latter accidentally being shot dead.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Both Rafe and Tracie become this when Valerie kills them as part of her scheme. Even so, Derrick attends Tracie's funeral.]]
* BatmanGambit: Aside from making several threats to Derrick to keep him compliant, Valerie's plan also hinges on him and other people acting the way they normally would.
* BigBad: Valerie orchestrates the scheme that gradually ruins Derrick's life.
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:Tracie Tyler turns out to be this, as she's the mastermind behind an attempt on Derrick's life that her illicit boyfriend Rafe carried out. It was all supposed to look like a burglary which got out of hand, and after their true colors are exposed, Valerie shoots them dead.]]
* BestFriend: Rafe Grimes is this to Derrick [[spoiler:until TheReveal that he's been an EvilFormerFriend for quite some time.]]
* BlatantBurglar: It's incredibly obvious that the disguised and masked person who broke into the Tyler residence was a burglar. [[spoiler:However, the truth is '''''far''''' more morbid—Rafe was wearing the disguise, and he was there to kill Derrick on Tracie's behalf.]]
* CorruptPolitician: Valerie's ex-husband Carter Heywood is a politician who's caught up in a corruption scandal.
* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:Valerie ultimately intended for Derrick to take the fall for her scheme after she killed him.]]
* ADeadlyAffair: [[spoiler:Tracie was going for Type I regarding her affair with Rafe, as she ordered him to break into the Tyler residence and kill her husband Derrick so they could split his fortune amongst themselves.]]
* DirtyCop: Valerie is unquestionably this given that she's an LAPD detective [[spoiler:[[TheUnfettered who will do anything and everything]] in order to regain custody of her daughter Haley.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Rafe is this to [[BigBadWannabe Tracie]], as she instructed him to don a masked disguise and kill Derrick so they can split his fortune amongst themselves.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: While Tyrin Abenathy is an ex-convict who's pressuring his cousin Derrick to give him money, he's also not about to let Valerie frame him for her crimes.
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Tracie and Rafe were conspiring to kill Derrick so that she could inherit his wealth and split it with her illicit boyfriend.]]
* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:Rafe became this to Derrick once he began having an affair with Derrick's wife Tracie, and it's taken even further after she orders him to murder his former best friend.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: This honor goes to the masked person wearing an all-black disguise who's responsible for breaking into Derrick and Tracie's residence. [[spoiler:Too bad that person is his so-called "BestFriend."]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Rafe pressures Derrick about selling their talent agency to a bigger corporation and then eggs him on into his affair with Valerie. [[spoiler:His questionable behavior makes a lot more sense once Rafe's own affair with Tracie is exposed.]]
** Tracie works late so often that it makes Derrick suspicious of her. [[spoiler:She's not working late at all, as she's having an affair with Rafe.]]
** On the morning after their tryst, Valerie locks Derrick's phone in her hotel room's safe and coerces him into having sex with her again before she finally allows him to leave. It's only a small sample of the manipulative tactics she goes on to use throughout the film so she can keep him under her thumb.
* {{Greed}}: [[spoiler:This is probably the only reason Tracie and Rafe betrayed Derrick by having an affair, as it's noted that the illicit couple were after his fortune and wanted to split it amongst themselves.]]
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Derrick's wife Tracie constantly works late, and once he's egged on by [[ToxicFriendInfluence Rafe]], Derrick has a one-night stand with Valerie that he quickly grows to regret. [[spoiler:On the other hand, Tracie and Rafe regret ''nothing'' about their affair, with the former even ordering the latter to kill Derrick.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch:
** Tyrin and his friend Bumpy confront Valerie about her plan to frame Derrick for the scheme she's orchestrating. [[spoiler:Realizing they could ruin said scheme, she shoots both of them dead.]]
** [[spoiler:Later on, it extends to Derrick, as Valerie wants him dead not only because of what he knows, but also since [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he's no longer useful to her]].]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: It's initially left ambiguous what is driving Valerie to such manipulative and murderous villainy. [[spoiler:The film slowly reveals that everything is actually in the name of taking custody of her daughter Haley away from her ex-husband, who is also Haley's father.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Carter follows through with his threat to make sure Valerie never sees their daughter Haley again by manipulating the Californian court system. Even so, she ''did'' repeatedly violate the restraining order he filed against her.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:After becoming a SpreeKiller as part of her efforts to frame Derrick and regain custody of Haley, Valerie meets this fate when he shoots her dead.]]
* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: [[spoiler:Or rather, the ''would-be'' killer and his employer become the killed. Tracie hired her illicit boyfriend Rafe to murder Derrick, only for both of them to be murdered by Valerie.]]
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:This happens to Tracie and Rafe courtesy of Valerie, who shoots the illicit couple dead in order to drag Derrick even further into her scheme.]]
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Valerie often resorts to murder to further her scheme, with her victims including people she doesn't know well and [[HeKnowsTooMuch those who just know too much]].
* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Valerie's plan goes almost flawlessly, and she would have gotten away with it if Derrick didn't anticipate her desire to kill him.]]
* NeverMyFault:
** [[spoiler:Valerie is heavily implied to have this attitude regarding the drunken incident which resulted in her losing custody of her daughter to her ex-husband.]]
** [[spoiler:Once Tracie is confronted by Derrick about her affair with Rafe, she simply tells him ''not to act surprised''.]]
* RecoveredAddict: [[spoiler:Valerie was an alcoholic up until the incident three years prior during which Haley accidentally shot herself.]]
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler:Tracie and Rafe were having an affair, and the former ordered for Derrick's death at the hands of the latter.]]
** [[spoiler:Three years before the film's events, Valerie got drunk and left her service gun unattended, resulting in her daughter Haley accidentally shooting herself after she found it. As a result, Valerie's then-husband Carter Heywood—who is also Haley's father—divorced and filed a restraining order against her. She was also stripped of her custodial rights.]]
** [[spoiler:Valerie's scheme is to end with her pulling off a DeceasedFallGuyGambit on Derrick after she kills him for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer being useful to her]] and [[HeKnowsTooMuch simply knowing too much]].]]
* StalkerWithoutACrush: When she's not at work, Valerie is stalking Carter, and it's ''certainly'' not out of a crush on either him or his new wife.
* SpreeKiller: [[spoiler:Valerie gradually becomes this as the film goes on.]]
* SympatheticAdulterer: Derrick is portrayed as this, especially after Valerie sets her scheme into motion [[spoiler:and Tracie's own murderous adultery comes to light.]]
* TakingTheKids: [[spoiler:Valerie wants full custody of her daughter, and it's the true driving force behind her sinister actions.]]
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Rafe doesn't respect Derrick's desire not to sell their sports talent agency to a bigger corporation, and he also convinces him to have an affair as a way of taking out his annoyance with his wife Tracie. [[spoiler:''Then'' it turns out that he's having an affair with Tracie.]]
* TheUnfettered: [[spoiler:Nothing and ''nobody'' will stop Valerie from trying to regain custody of her daughter.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Derrick slowly becomes this to Valerie.
* WeddingRingRemoval: Derrick removes his wedding ring before he introduces himself as "Darren from Seattle" to Valerie, who he goes on to have a fateful one-night stand with.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler:While they're observing a house, Derrick and Valerie watch as Tracie cheats on him with Rafe.]]
* WomanScorned: Valerie isnot '''not''' happy to have been discarded so easily by Derrick.Derrick. [[spoiler:In fact, she decides to make him the centerpiece of a DeceasedFallGuyGambit.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Valerie intended to pull this off on Derrick, but it backfires and results in [[KarmicDeath her own death]].]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Both Rafe and Tracie become this when Valerie kills them as part of her scheme. Even so, Derrick attends Tracie's funeral.]]
* BatmanGambit: Aside from making several threats to Derrick to keep him compliant, Valerie's plan also hinges on him and other people acting the way they normally would.
* BigBad: Valerie orchestrates the scheme that gradually ruins Derrick's life.
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:Tracie Tyler turns out to be this, as she's the mastermind behind an attempt on Derrick's life that her illicit boyfriend Rafe carried out. It was all supposed to look like a burglary which got out of hand, and after their true colors are exposed, Valerie shoots them dead.]]
* BestFriend: Rafe Grimes is this to Derrick [[spoiler:until TheReveal that he's been an EvilFormerFriend for quite some time.]]
* BlatantBurglar: It's incredibly obvious that the disguised and masked person who broke into the Tyler residence was a burglar. [[spoiler:However, the truth is '''''far''''' more morbid—Rafe was wearing the disguise, and he was there to kill Derrick on Tracie's behalf.]]
* CorruptPolitician: Valerie's ex-husband Carter Heywood is a politician who's caught up in a corruption scandal.
* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:Valerie ultimately intended for Derrick to take the fall for her scheme after she killed him.]]
* ADeadlyAffair: [[spoiler:Tracie was going for Type I regarding her affair with Rafe, as she ordered him to break into the Tyler residence and kill her husband Derrick so they could split his fortune amongst themselves.]]
* DirtyCop: Valerie is unquestionably this given that she's an LAPD detective [[spoiler:[[TheUnfettered who will do anything and everything]] in order to regain custody of her daughter Haley.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Rafe is this to [[BigBadWannabe Tracie]], as she instructed him to don a masked disguise and kill Derrick so they can split his fortune amongst themselves.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: While Tyrin Abenathy is an ex-convict who's pressuring his cousin Derrick to give him money, he's also not about to let Valerie frame him for her crimes.
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Tracie and Rafe were conspiring to kill Derrick so that she could inherit his wealth and split it with her illicit boyfriend.]]
* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:Rafe became this to Derrick once he began having an affair with Derrick's wife Tracie, and it's taken even further after she orders him to murder his former best friend.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: This honor goes to the masked person wearing an all-black disguise who's responsible for breaking into Derrick and Tracie's residence. [[spoiler:Too bad that person is his so-called "BestFriend."]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Rafe pressures Derrick about selling their talent agency to a bigger corporation and then eggs him on into his affair with Valerie. [[spoiler:His questionable behavior makes a lot more sense once Rafe's own affair with Tracie is exposed.]]
** Tracie works late so often that it makes Derrick suspicious of her. [[spoiler:She's not working late at all, as she's having an affair with Rafe.]]
** On the morning after their tryst, Valerie locks Derrick's phone in her hotel room's safe and coerces him into having sex with her again before she finally allows him to leave. It's only a small sample of the manipulative tactics she goes on to use throughout the film so she can keep him under her thumb.
* {{Greed}}: [[spoiler:This is probably the only reason Tracie and Rafe betrayed Derrick by having an affair, as it's noted that the illicit couple were after his fortune and wanted to split it amongst themselves.]]
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Derrick's wife Tracie constantly works late, and once he's egged on by [[ToxicFriendInfluence Rafe]], Derrick has a one-night stand with Valerie that he quickly grows to regret. [[spoiler:On the other hand, Tracie and Rafe regret ''nothing'' about their affair, with the former even ordering the latter to kill Derrick.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch:
** Tyrin and his friend Bumpy confront Valerie about her plan to frame Derrick for the scheme she's orchestrating. [[spoiler:Realizing they could ruin said scheme, she shoots both of them dead.]]
** [[spoiler:Later on, it extends to Derrick, as Valerie wants him dead not only because of what he knows, but also since [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he's no longer useful to her]].]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: It's initially left ambiguous what is driving Valerie to such manipulative and murderous villainy. [[spoiler:The film slowly reveals that everything is actually in the name of taking custody of her daughter Haley away from her ex-husband, who is also Haley's father.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Carter follows through with his threat to make sure Valerie never sees their daughter Haley again by manipulating the Californian court system. Even so, she ''did'' repeatedly violate the restraining order he filed against her.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:After becoming a SpreeKiller as part of her efforts to frame Derrick and regain custody of Haley, Valerie meets this fate when he shoots her dead.]]
* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: [[spoiler:Or rather, the ''would-be'' killer and his employer become the killed. Tracie hired her illicit boyfriend Rafe to murder Derrick, only for both of them to be murdered by Valerie.]]
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:This happens to Tracie and Rafe courtesy of Valerie, who shoots the illicit couple dead in order to drag Derrick even further into her scheme.]]
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Valerie often resorts to murder to further her scheme, with her victims including people she doesn't know well and [[HeKnowsTooMuch those who just know too much]].
* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Valerie's plan goes almost flawlessly, and she would have gotten away with it if Derrick didn't anticipate her desire to kill him.]]
* NeverMyFault:
** [[spoiler:Valerie is heavily implied to have this attitude regarding the drunken incident which resulted in her losing custody of her daughter to her ex-husband.]]
** [[spoiler:Once Tracie is confronted by Derrick about her affair with Rafe, she simply tells him ''not to act surprised''.]]
* RecoveredAddict: [[spoiler:Valerie was an alcoholic up until the incident three years prior during which Haley accidentally shot herself.]]
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler:Tracie and Rafe were having an affair, and the former ordered for Derrick's death at the hands of the latter.]]
** [[spoiler:Three years before the film's events, Valerie got drunk and left her service gun unattended, resulting in her daughter Haley accidentally shooting herself after she found it. As a result, Valerie's then-husband Carter Heywood—who is also Haley's father—divorced and filed a restraining order against her. She was also stripped of her custodial rights.]]
** [[spoiler:Valerie's scheme is to end with her pulling off a DeceasedFallGuyGambit on Derrick after she kills him for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer being useful to her]] and [[HeKnowsTooMuch simply knowing too much]].]]
* StalkerWithoutACrush: When she's not at work, Valerie is stalking Carter, and it's ''certainly'' not out of a crush on either him or his new wife.
* SpreeKiller: [[spoiler:Valerie gradually becomes this as the film goes on.]]
* SympatheticAdulterer: Derrick is portrayed as this, especially after Valerie sets her scheme into motion [[spoiler:and Tracie's own murderous adultery comes to light.]]
* TakingTheKids: [[spoiler:Valerie wants full custody of her daughter, and it's the true driving force behind her sinister actions.]]
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Rafe doesn't respect Derrick's desire not to sell their sports talent agency to a bigger corporation, and he also convinces him to have an affair as a way of taking out his annoyance with his wife Tracie. [[spoiler:''Then'' it turns out that he's having an affair with Tracie.]]
* TheUnfettered: [[spoiler:Nothing and ''nobody'' will stop Valerie from trying to regain custody of her daughter.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Derrick slowly becomes this to Valerie.
* WeddingRingRemoval: Derrick removes his wedding ring before he introduces himself as "Darren from Seattle" to Valerie, who he goes on to have a fateful one-night stand with.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler:While they're observing a house, Derrick and Valerie watch as Tracie cheats on him with Rafe.]]
* WomanScorned: Valerie is
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Valerie intended to pull this off on Derrick, but it backfires and results in [[KarmicDeath her own death]].]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:One mistake can change your life.]]
''Fatale'' is a 2020 American Thriller film starring Creator/HilarySwank, Creator/MichaelEaly, and Creator/MikeColter. Directed by Creator/DionTaylor, it had a limited theatrical release in the US on December 11, 2020.
Successfully and married man Derrick Tyler (Ealy) and Police Detective Valerie Quinlan (Swank) spend a night of passion together and later agree that it was a one time occurrence. However, all is not as it seems and Derrick soon finds himself ensnared in a murder scheme, with Valerie as the lead detective on the case.
!!Tropes in this film include:
* WomanScored: Valerie is not happy to have been discarded so easily by Derrick.
[[caption-width-right:350:One mistake can change your life.]]
''Fatale'' is a 2020 American Thriller film starring Creator/HilarySwank, Creator/MichaelEaly, and Creator/MikeColter. Directed by Creator/DionTaylor, it had a limited theatrical release in the US on December 11, 2020.
Successfully and married man Derrick Tyler (Ealy) and Police Detective Valerie Quinlan (Swank) spend a night of passion together and later agree that it was a one time occurrence. However, all is not as it seems and Derrick soon finds himself ensnared in a murder scheme, with Valerie as the lead detective on the case.
!!Tropes in this film include:
* WomanScored: Valerie is not happy to have been discarded so easily by Derrick.
