“Dangerous Lies” is ridiculous and far fetched. Still the Netflix thriller isn’t all that bad. It’s most certainly not good, but I’ve seen worse. It’s also entertaining enough to pass the time.
“Dangerous Lies” stars Camila Mendes as Katie who works as the caretaker of a rich old man named Leonard (Elliot Gould). That’s all you need to know about that. Leonard dies unexpectedly and leaves everything to Katie. Detective Chesler (Sasha Alexander) is assigned to investigate Leonard’s death and is immediately suspicious of Katie and her husband as Katie only worked for Leonard for four months and had been struggling financially. Katie had been more reluctant to accept any kind of financial help from Leonard, but her husband always convinced her to take the extra help.
Katie’s husband Adam (Jessie T. Usher) quickly accepts the inheritance and any financial help given to him and his wife as he’s tired of being poor. At the start of the film, he is a local hero for having thwarted a robbery at the diner Katie worked at initially. Katie convinces Leonard to hire Adam as his gardener, and while exploring the house one day, Adam discovers a trunk full of money. Before finding out they have inherited everything, Adam convinces Katie to take all the money in the trunk as Leonard won’t need it anymore and no one else knows of its existence. After finding out that they inherited everything and moving in to Leonard’s house, Katie begins to grow weary as she is harassed by a real estate agent named Mickey (Cam Gigandet) who finds ways to get Adam out of the house.
It is an incredibly convoluted plot. It’s not all bad though. “Dangerous Lies” doesn’t fall into the trap many small budget films do in being too visually dark. It’s easy to see the action in every frame of the film.
The film does try hard to build suspense, but nothing feels dangerous until many wonky plot reveals later. It also takes a long time to tie in the robbery scene with the rest of the film. There’s a lot of build up, but little pay off for all the supposedly scary reveals. There are also convenient plot points strewn throughout.
The majority of the film is exposition. Mendes and Usher also give good performances despite the weak script. Adam is the main suspect of the film and despite the fact that the film does a good job in letting you think it’s him, it also feels too convenient and expected. This isn’t a good film by any means, but if you’re looking for mindless entertainment then this is not a bad film to watch.
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