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Fatal Instinct

Fatal Instinct

Oct 29, 1993
91 min
ComedyCrime
5.4/ 10
159 votes

Overview

Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with seductive Lola Cain during an assignment and promptly begins an affair with her. Meanwhile, Ned's wife, Lana, is deep in an affair of her own. Lana and her lover are planning to murder Ned in an elaborate fashion so they can collect on his triple indemnity life insurance policy.

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TMDB
5.4/10
159 votes
IMDB
5.7/10
8,301 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
17%
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Metacritic
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33/100
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US Box Office$7,839,327Domestic earnings

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"Sex, murder and revenge were never this funny."

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Original Language

en

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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