ExTerminators

ExTerminators

Year: 2009

Runtime: 92 mins

Language: English

Director: John Inwood

DramaComedy

A fierce girls’ club forms when Alex, a solitary accountant whose single outburst lands her in court‑ordered therapy, meets Stella, an exterminator who weaponizes her car, and Nikki, a dental technician with an angelic face and sociopathic mind. United, they launch a silent revolution, taking revenge on the abusive men in their lives.

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1

Alex loses her job and confronts infidelity

Alex is laid off from her job. She returns home to find her husband with another woman, triggering a tense confrontation that spills into a store where she punches a man. A judge sentences her to twelve months in anger management therapy, setting the path for the rest of the story.

Opening scene Alex's home
2

Anger management class introduces Stella and Nikki

In anger management, Alex meets Stella and Nikki. Stella has rammed her car into her husband's store, and Nikki has cut her husband's clothes after a failed attempt to do his laundry. The three women form a fraught, supportive bond that shapes the following events.

Early Anger management center
3

Stella offers Alex a job as tax accountant

Stella offers Alex a job as a tax accountant at ABC Pest Control. Alex accepts, hoping the job will provide stability amid the upheaval in her personal life. The new partnership draws Alex deeper into Stella's world.

Soon after meeting Stella's ABC Pest Control
4

Hutt, an IRS auditor, makes a pass and is rebuffed; he begins investigating

A tax auditor from the IRS, Robert Hutt, makes a pass at Alex, which she rebuffs by tossing hot coffee on him. He then begins paying extra attention to her, quietly starting an investigation into possible tax evasion. His surveillance marks the start of a brewing conflict.

Early Unspecified location
5

Bar incident: Kim warns about abuse; Rick dies

At the local bar, Kim warns about her abusive husband Rick. Rick arrives and slaps Kim in front of everyone. The trio follows Rick, ram his car, and it falls off a cliff, killing him; they decide to keep the event secret.

Mid-film Bar and cliff road
6

Police interrogation and undercover recordings

Police interrogate the trio but get their stories straight. Burke, Alex's college classmate, is assigned as the detective on the case. Hutt secretly tapes their conversations, compiling evidence for later use.

Mid to late Police station
7

Alex starts dating Burke; lies about boyfriend

Alex runs into Burke at a store and they begin dating. She lies to her anger management class that her new boyfriend is a postman, keeping the real relationship hidden. The tension between her personal and professional lives grows.

Between mid and late Store and class
8

St. Patrick's Day bar incident and Hutt's recordings

During St. Patrick's Day celebrations at the bar, a drunkard gropes some women, prompting Nikki to set his shirt on fire. Alex argues with Nikki, and Hutt records their confrontation. The recordings deepen the conflict surrounding their circle.

St. Patrick's Day Bar
9

Danielle's news and the crime map

Alex learns from TV news that Danielle's husband is dead, linking his death to the broader pattern of crimes. She visits Burke at the police station and sees a map of various crimes in town. She recognizes the name Steven Cantor from an anger management session, tying the threads together.

After a news report Police station
10

Tax investigations intensify; confrontations

Stella and Nikki confront Alex about dating a detective rather than a postman. Alex uses her tax skills to expose that homes under Hutt's audit lacked bugs. Hutt confronts Alex with the evidence and demands she come clean.

Late Hutt's office
11

One year later: graduation and murder of Hutt

One year later, Alex graduates from anger management. She confesses everything to Hutt on camera, but secretly poisons him with arsenic, killing him. Nikki and Stella help clean up all the evidence tying them to the murder.

One year later Anger management facility / Hutt's office
12

Resolution: marriage, business change, and new relationship

Alex marries Burke. ABC Pest ceases operations and a new company, ABC Catering, is formed. Stella begins dating the Police Chief, and Nikki continues helping other women with their problems.

End of story Town

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