Dangerous Lies (2020 film)

Katie and Adam are a young married couple struggling to pay their bills. Katie finds job as a caregiver for Leonard, an elderly wealthy man who grows close to her. After Katie tells Leonard about her financial struggles, Leonard insists on helping her out with money, but Katie asks him to give Adam a job as his gardener instead, which he does. One day, a real estate agent, Hayden, appears and asks if he can buy the house. When Katie refuses, Hayden starts to observe them on a regular basis. Soon after, Leonard writes Katie a $7,000 check. Katie does not want to accept it, but Adam convinces her to use the check to pay the bills that are due and pay the rest back to Leonard. The next day, they arrive at Leonard's home to find him dead, leaving Katie devastated. The couple finds a large amount of cash in the car's and after a small dispute, agree to have it without notifying police. At Leonard's funeral they discover that Leonard's left them the estate and all his possessions. They move into the house but soon things begin to close in all around them. They are pursued by the highly motivated Hayden who threatens Katie. At the same time, Detective Chesler becomes suspicious of Adam and starts to investigate the circumstances surrounding Leonard’s death and the robbery at the diner. After talking to the detective, Katie becomes suspicious of Adam and confronts him. They realize that Ethan was Hayden’s partner in crime and Hayden killed him to get his share of the diamonds. Ethan, mortally wounded, fled to Leonard’s house where he died. Hayden knows the diamonds are hidden somewhere in the house and is eager to find them. They decide to flee together. While Adam is getting ready, Hayden shows up and holds Katie at gunpoint, asking for the diamonds. Hayden and Adam exchange gunfire and both are killed. Julia arrives and Katie tells her that Hayden was the one who killed Leonard, giving him an overdose of his medication. Julia reaches for Hayden's gun and holds Katie at gunpoint, revealing that she is part of the plot. She demands the diamonds but Katie tells her Adam hid them somewhere and she doesn't know the location. Detective Chesler arrives in time and shoots Julia.

Four months later, Detective Chesler talks to Katie about how they searched the house for the diamonds but never found anything. In the last shot, Katie turns the sprinklers on and leaves the garden. The water moves the soil aside and the diamonds are shown to be buried under a tree.[1][6][7][8]

• Camila Mendes as Katie Franklin
• Jessie T. Usher as Adam Kettner
• Jamie Chung as Julia Byron-Kim
• Cam Gigandet as Mickey Hayden
• Sasha Alexander as Detective Chesler
• Elliott Gould as Leonard Wellesley

In April 2019, it was announced Camila Mendes had signed to star in the film, with Michael Scott directing from a screenplay by David Golden, and Netflix distributing.[9] In May 2019, Jessie T. Usher, Jamie Chung, Cam Gigandet, Sasha Alexander and Elliott Gould joined the cast.[10]

The film was released on April 30, 2020.[12]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 26% based on 27 reviews, and an average rating of 4.23/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Energetic enough to be diverting but too mediocre to be memorable, Dangerous Lies feigns erotic thrills without ever really working up a sweat."[13] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[14]

• Dangerous Lies at IMDb