Dangerous Lies movie storyline. Dangerous Lies stars Camila Mendes as Katie, a straight and narrow, financially struggling caretaker from south Chicago who tends to an older man named Leonard (Elliot Gould) out in the burbs. We know little about him aside from that he’s lonely, rich, old, and has a big beautiful house.
When Leonard dies, he leaves the abode and all of his earnings to Katie, despite only having known her for four months. This catches the eye of Detective Chesler (Sasha Alexander), but it makes sense to us: Katie is an unflappably good soul, and she could use the money with her husband. Even when Leonard gave her a small amount of extra financial support before kicking the bucket, her initial reaction was to return the check.
Dangerous Lies is a 2020 American psychological thriller film, directed by Michael Scott from a screenplay by David Golden. It stars Camila Mendes, Jessie T. Usher, Jamie Chung, Cam Gigandet, Sasha Alexander and Elliott Gould. It was released on April 30, 2020, by Netflix. In October 2020, Dangerous Lies was nominated for People’s Choice Awards in the drama movie category.
About the Story
Katie and Adam are a young married couple struggling to pay their bills. Katie works as a waitress while Adam is going to school. One night, an attempted robbery takes place in the diner where Katie works, but Adam manages to fight off the robbers.
Katie finds another job as a caregiver for Leonard, an elderly wealthy man who grows close to her. After she tells him about her financial struggles, Leonard insists on helping her out with money, but Katie convinces him to give Adam a job instead as his gardener.
One day, Mickey Hayden, claiming to be a real estate agent, tells Katie that a client is interested in buying the house. When Katie tells him it is not for sale, he starts to watch the couple closely. Soon after, Leonard writes Katie a $7,000 check. She does not want to accept it, but Adam convinces her to use it to pay the bills that are due and pay back Leonard the rest.
The next day, Katie and Adam arrive at Leonard’s home to find him dead, leaving Katie devastated. The couple finds a large amount of cash in a trunk and, after a small dispute, agrees to keep it without notifying the police. At Leonard’s funeral, they learn from his lawyer, Julia, that Leonard left Katie his estate and all his possessions.
Katie and Adam move into Leonard’s house, but are again pursued by the highly motivated Hayden, who threatens her. At the same time, Detective Chesler becomes suspicious of Adam, and starts to investigate Leonard’s death and the robbery at the diner.
Ethan, mortally wounded, had fled to Leonard’s house, where he died. Hayden knows the diamonds are hidden somewhere on the property and is eager to find them. Adam and Katie decide to flee together with the cash they had found in the attic. 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 with an overdose of his medication. Julia reaches for Hayden’s gun and holds Katie at gunpoint, revealing that she had been Hayden’s public defender and is part of the plot. She demands the diamonds, but Katie tells her Adam hid them somewhere, and she does not know where. Chesler arrives in time and shoots Julia dead.
Four months later, Chesler talks to a pregnant Katie about how they searched for the diamonds in the house but never found them. 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, something Adam had hinted at as he died.
After talking to the detective, Katie becomes suspicious of Adam. Wanting to confront him, she searches the entire property and ends up finding a secret room in a shed. She then finds Ethan (Leonard’s previous gardener) long dead of a gunshot wound with a bag of diamonds. Adam looks into Hayden and discovers he was recently released from prison for stealing over three million in diamonds, realizes Ethan was Hayden’s partner in crime, and Hayden killed him to get his share of the diamonds.
Ethan, mortally wounded, had fled to Leonard’s house, where he died. Hayden knows the diamonds are hidden somewhere on the property and is eager to find them. Adam and Katie decide to flee together with the cash they had found in the attic. While Adam is getting ready, Hayden shows up and holds Katie at gunpoint, asking for the diamonds.
Dangerous Lies (2020)
Directed by: Michael Scott
Starring: Camila Mendes, Jessie T. Usher, Jamie Chung, Sean Owen Roberts, Cam Gigandet, Sasha Alexande, Elliott Gould, France Perras, Stefania Indelicato, Emma Pedersen, Garfield Wilson
Screenplay by: David Golden
Production Design by: James Robbins
Cinematography by: Ronald Richard
Film Editing by: Alison Grace
Costume Design by: Sheila White
Set Decoration by: Richard Beech
Art Direction by: Courtney Stockstad
Music by: James Jandrisch
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Netflix
Release Date: April 30, 2020
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