Hilary Swank and Michael Ealy star in a scene from the movie Fatale. The Catholic News Service classification is L limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association rating is R restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. (CNS photo/Scott Everett White, Lionsgate)
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NEW YORK (CNS) Nearly 35 years have passed since scorned Glenn Close terrorized adulterer Michael Douglas (and boiled a bunny in the process) in Fatal Attraction.
That film s distant cousin a poor relation in aesthetic terms if ever there was one has arrived with Fatale (Lionsgate), based on a similar premise but with a much higher human body count.