Plot Summary
Artist Patience Phillips works for the cosmetics company Hedare Beauty, which is ready to ship a new skin cream called Beau-line that is able to reverse the effects of aging. However, when Patience visits the R&D laboratory facility to deliver a revised ad design, she overhears a discussion between scientist Dr. Ivan Slavicky and Laurel Hedare, the wife of company-owner George Hedare, about the dangerous side effects from continual use of the product. Laurel’s guards discover Patience and are ordered to dispose of her. Patience tries to escape using a conduit pipe, but it is soon sealed off by the guards, who flush the pipe with water.
Washed up on shore, Patience is mysteriously revived by the Egyptian Mau cat Midnight, which had appeared at her apartment earlier. From that moment on, she develops cat-like metahuman attributes. From Midnight’s owner, eccentric researcher Ophelia Powers, Patience learns that Egyptian Mau cats serve as messengers of the goddess Bast. Patience realizes that she is now a “Catwoman”, reborn with abilities that are both a blessing and a curse that turns her away from her former meek people-pleasing qualities. While at home, Patience is annoyed by the ruckus caused by her neighbor’s party and lashes out by spraying the amplifiers with water to mute the noise.
She disguises herself as a mysterious vigilante named Catwoman to hide her identity then, under cover of darkness, searches for answers about what led to her supposed death and subsequent framing for the murder of Slavicky, who she discovers was killed. When Patience confronts George as Catwoman, he reveals that he knows nothing about the side effects. The police led by Patience’s love interest, detective Tom Lone, arrive and Catwoman escapes. Later on, Laurel murders George for his growing suspicions and infidelity and admits to having Dr. Slavicky killed because he wanted to cancel the product’s release.
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Info & Stats
Director:
Pitof
Writers:
Bob Kane, Theresa Rebeck, John Brancato
Stars:
Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Benjamin Bratt
Categories:
Action, Fantasy, Crime
Budget:
$100,000,000.00
Revenue:
$82,102,379.00
Age: PG13Â Â |Â Â Duration: 1h 44m
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