Tyler Perry’s Duplicity – Prime Video – 1 hour and 49 minutes
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Attorney Marley exercises with her friend, journalist Fela, at a spin gym with Marley’s boyfriend, private investigator Tony. Marley catches up to Fela in the parking lot and asks Fela to join them for breakfast with Fela’s husband, Rodney. Fela agrees if Marley’s friend, Officer Kevin, doesn’t come. Although Marley thinks Kevin is a nice guy, she agrees.
Tony and Rodney arrive at breakfast first. Tony and Rodney hide their issues from their partners. Fela and Marley join them. Marley questions Rodney when Rodney doesn’t kiss Fela. Fela redirects the conversation because she set up Marley and Tony months ago and desires to know their future. Tony states that Marley has trust issues, but their relationship has promise. The couples eat and go to their prospective jobs while Rodney goes for a morning run.
Kevin briefs officers in the morning about crime statistics. The neighborhood’s murder rate is going up, so he warns officers to be on high alert. Kevin grabs rookie Officer Caleb to shadow him. Caleb worries that he’s done something wrong, but Kevin assures Caleb the reassignment isn’t a punishment. He wants Caleb to experience more areas. Then, Kevin reiterates when a cop says gun, you shoot.
Rodney puts his phone in his pocket and his headphones on his head. He runs through a neighborhood, looks around the corner, puts on his hood, and runs through an alley between homes. Someone calls Deloris and warns her that a black man is running in her alley after robbing her neighbor. Deloris calls the police.
Rodney turns around the corner, and two officers, Kevin and Caleb, point their guns at him. Rodney doesn’t see them and can’t hear them because of his headphones. He reaches into his pocket for his phone, but Kevin thinks it’s a gun. Kevin screams gun, and Caleb shoots. As the police rush Rodney to the hospital, Fela sits at the anchor desk and reports breaking news. She stammers reading the victim’s name. Her producers pull Fela off the air, and she runs to the hospital. Unfortunately, Rodney dies from his wounds. Marley can’t contain her rage and promises to make the city pay for killing Rodney. She asks Tony to use his former police contacts to obtain the body cam footage. However, the more Marley digs, she becomes unsure of what happened. Was it another racially motivated police shooting or a murder-by-cop?
This thriller takes a hot-button topic and turns it on its head. The audience sees Fela and Tony’s underlying problems with Rodney, but they hide them from Marley. Also, you uncover the clues with Marley and ask questions. It proves body cam footage can tell the truth with a forked tongue. Marley’s quest starts with a political fight to make the city pay for racial wrongdoings. Then, she stumbles into the seedy truth. Marly stops blindly following the narrative and unpacks the cause. Later, she states that this outlier doesn’t erase or excuse the past shootings. They should all be investigated thoroughly and have political angles removed. With the preaching aside, this movie gives the audience a few good twists with incredible performances from a note-worthy cast. The director’s strong suit has never been short-form thrillers, but this film contains the same drama as his TV shows. The final fight is a bit over the top, but viewers expect that from this writer. This film is one of Tyler’s better dramatic movies since Acrimony.
I give it 4 out of 5 stars
You’re a lawyer, Marley. I’m a journalist. We don’t just ask – Fela
Why are you busting my balls – Rodney
I don’t have time to grieve – Marley
Why do I feel like there’s a ‘but’ – Tony
This is real life, and it can be life or death – Kevin
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