He gets more lines, but I’m not sure that is a good thing. (Full Content Review for Parents - Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, etc. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy Along with Extraction and 6 Underground, they continue to roll out average movies, at best. May play out like a simple Lifetime movie, but there's enough intrigue and twists to make for an entertaining Netflix original movie. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV.

Director Michael Scott wastes little time before starting to drop sinister hints, but they're so unsubtle that they undermine the script's attempts to create a shadowy noir atmosphere. The actors in Dangerous Lies don't do a particularly outstanding job in their roles, but no one is outright horrible either. Typically tired, terrible TV movie fodder. Forgot your password? If this movie was any dumber, it would use dynamite to launch itself to the moon. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, The 20 Best Spanish-Language Shows on Netflix, New on Amazon Prime Video in October 2020. His unusual speech cadence is the same as ever. For the oldsters among you, Elliott Gould (Bob & Ted & Carol & Alice, M*A*S*H) makes an early, brief appearance. An utterly generic affair in which practically every single scene contains elements that could be traced back to an earlier film that utilized it in a presumably more successful manner. Rather than the film noir suggested by the camera's opening swoop through a neon-streaked puddle towards a diner, or the sleazy erotic thriller which is the genre's latter-day debasement, it settles for simple child's play.

The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets At that point, you sort of wanna see how much they throw at this. Along with Extraction and 6 Underground, they continue to roll out average movies, at best. - also Available). Based on only five critics and five audience members, I’ll be surprised if the 60% Rotten Tomatoes rating and the 80% Audience scores don’t plummet.

In conclusion, I’d be lying to you if I said anything other than watching Dangerous Lies may be dangerous to your health. I give Dangerous Lies 2.5 Gavels. and the Terms and Policies, That same night he passes away. and the Terms and Policies, Julia Byron-Kim ominously tells Katie that “people change” when they receive sizable inheritance.

Copyright © Fandango. While Dangerous Lies does present an interesting puzzle, maintaining attention, the film panders too often to its audience. After all, you're watching a movie called Dangerous Lies. This is not good. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Dangerous Lies is further proof that it is dangerous to rely upon either Netflix or Amazon to produce quality films.

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All rights reserved. Appearing in The Boys and The Banker, it is unclear why Jessie Usher would take the role of Adam. Copyright © Fandango. Sign up here. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. Two of the better critic quotes are “looks like it cost the amount of your monthly Netflix subscription and is as satisfying to watch as it is paying that particular bill, and “a thriller that doesn’t race towards a climax we figure out (finally) 20 minutes in advance, it limps there.” While Netflix and Amazon can provide some great TV series, they can’t figure out the movie thing. How many folks would inherit a mansion, discover a body in the loft above the garage with a bullet hole in the head hiding diamonds, and not call the police? and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.

View HD Trailers and Videos for Dangerous Lies (Windfall) on Rotten Tomatoes, then check our Tomatometer to find out what the Critics say. At least the movie lives up to the blandness of its title. Bland script, bland acting, just vanilla all around.

The actions of the characters are so unrealistic. Formulaic, predictable and at times incredibly boring. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, The 20 Best Spanish-Language Shows on Netflix, New on Amazon Prime Video in October 2020.

Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Required fields are marked *. Katie Franklin, waitress, and her student-husband, Adam Kettner, interrupt a robbery, Kettner gets the drop on the robber and is the hero of the day. Yes, God, Yes — 1.0 Gavel 94% Rotten Tomatoes, Challenger: The Final Flight – 4.0 Gavels 88% Rotten Tomatoes, Gordon Lightfoot – 4.0 Gavels 88% Rotten Tomatoes, Top of the Lake — 4.0 Gavels 95% Rotten Tomatoes, I Am Woman — 3.0 Gavels 66% Rotten Tomatoes, Yes, God, Yes - 1.0 Gavel 94% Rotten Tomatoes - The Movie Judge, The Hustle — 1 Gavel 19% Rotten Tomatoes, Poms — 3.0 Gavels 32% Rotten Tomatoes, Challenger: The Final Flight - 4.0 Gavels 88% Rotten Tomatoes - The Movie Judge, Gordon Lightfoot - 4.0 Gavels 88% Rotten Tomatoes - The Movie Judge, Top of the Lake - 4 Gavels 95% Rotten Tomatoes - The Movie Judge, Incredibles 2 — 4 Gavels 94% Rotten Tomatoes. Four months later, he is no longer in school and Katie is a caretaker for a wealthy 88 year old, Leonard Wellesley.
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Camila Mendes (Katie) is apparently Veronica in Riverdale based on the Archie Comics.

Not only are there secrets in the loft, more are in the attic, and inside the lives of all involved. Their debts mount up, and Leonard provides $7000.00 to help. A reasonable, non-challenging timewaster.

The fact that some of the pieces simply don't click together shouldn't be too surprising. Lesson learned here is that some movies were made for Netflix. Sasha the coroner would be embarrassed by this Sasha the detective. This part will not raise her profile. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. Stiffly-acted, with character motivations being completely unreasonable and insane. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. After losing her waitressing job, Katie Franklin (Camila Mendes) takes a job as a caretaker to a wealthy elderly man in his sprawling, empty Chicago estate. Forgot your password? Sign up here.

at your screen as increasingly unbelievable twists play out.

They aren't worth the theater price and can be consumed and forgotten about shortly after the credits roll. The last 20 minutes are ridiculous but the movie kept you going until then. Dangerous Life originated as a six-hour HBO miniseries about the 1986 Philippine revolution. Based on only five critics and five audience members, I’ll be surprised if the 60% Rotten Tomatoes rating and the 80% Audience scores don’t plummet. While there can be some truth to the statement, it is probably when I knew I should change the channel. Your email address will not be published.

Jamie Chung plays the “helpful” lawyer, Julia Byron-Kim. Let's face it, if the lies were really that dangerous, one might hope they'd be a little bit more memorable.

Dangerous Lies is further proof that it is dangerous to rely upon either Netflix or Amazon to produce quality films. Don't have an account? While she was Mulan in ABC’s Once Upon A Time, not so in the upcoming Disney major motion picture. Illogical and incoherent, Dangerous Lies comes off like a made-for-TV movie that aims to do little beyond waste one and a half hours of your life. It's the kind of made-for-TV movie that someone can watch to pass the time, but it won't leave much of a lasting impression.
… The pleasure of Dangerous Lies isn't finding out whodunit, but simply yelling, "What?" It just didn't work for me. Don't have an account?