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Tyler Perry’s Duplicity movie review: Unlettered thriller

Film: Tyler Perry’s Duplicity

Cast: Kat Graham, Meagan Tandy, Tyler Lepley

Director: Tyler Perry

Rating: 1.5/5

Runtime: 109 min

“Tyler Perry’s Duplicity,” on Prime Video, depicts a story about Black people. It’s a negative story about the duplicity of some of the characters. The script is rather rudimentary and the development is styled for TV viewing rather than the big screen.

The maker of the academy award nominated Netflix film “The Six Triple Eight” - which showed that he could make good movies too, disappoints this time round.

Fela (Meagan Tandy) and Marley (Kat Graham) are best friends. When Fela loses her husband to police brutality, Marley, a high powered lawyer, wants to help her. Marley and Fela’s co-workers get together to create a case against the city for yet another unjust murder of an unarmed Black man but is that really the unvarnished truth?

A predictable plot, by-the-numbers plotting and twisty development makes for a routine watch. Strong emotional performances from the leads keeps the interest going for a while. The late introduction of some crucial characters was meant to cause confusion but it barely registers.