“Duplicity” is essentially two movies in one, and neither feels fully developed. That wouldn’t be a first for one of Perry’s films, but the trend is getting rather annoying. In this chat below, we try to make sense of the legal thriller and break down the plot twist we never saw coming.

Perry engages with serious themes, such as racial profiling, media manipulation, domestic violence, and policing, as if they are Play-Doh.