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Dangerous Lies, 2020

5/23/2020

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This movie feels good largely because of the chemistry between Camila Mendes and Jessie T. Usher as her husband. They are the young couple you have to love: hard-working, passionate, a little bit naive. It doesn't hurt that the rest of the cast is solidly believable with strong performances by Sasha Alexander as a police detective, Jamie Chung as a lawyer, and Cam Gigandet as a realtor. And it's delightful as always to see Elliott Gould in a cameo.

Dangerous Lies also feels good because it teases the viewer's expectations. It starts out as a story about an average person, down on her luck, who has a chance at a windfall that's not entirely legit. That puts it in a category with A Touch of Death by Charles Williams, and Out of the Black by John Rector. 

Soon we're not sure how accidental the windfall is. Are all the friendly people really villains? Are all the suspicious people dangerous or just a little off? Is Katie (Camilla Mendes) as innocent and good as she seems or is she fooling everyone including the audience? I'll admit the movie kept me guessing.

It's not a perfect movie. There were moments when I thought, "Wait . . . What just happened?" And when it was done several things made me wonder, "Why didn't she just . . . ?" But it was plenty entertaining.
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