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‘Reptile’ review: A staredown, dark thriller-style, between Benicio Del Toro and Justin Timberlake

Benicio Del Toro, left, as Tom Nichols and Alicia Silverstone as Judy Nichols in "Reptile."

Sometimes a great performance is enough to pull you through a half-baked script. In the dark thriller “Reptile” on Netflix, a police detective played by Benicio Del Toro works to solve the brutal murder of a real estate agent, and del Toro single-handedly keeps the film afloat. There’s some irony to that, because he also shares screenwriting credit with director Grant Singer and Benjamin Brewer. Del Toro’s

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