SLEEPING WITH DANGER/ ANN RULE: SLEEPING WITH DANGER

Canada/US, 2021, 85 minutes, Colour.

Elizabeth Rohm, Antonio Cupo.

Directed by David Weaver.

Lifetime has made a number of television films from novels by writer, And Rule. There are usually romantic thrillers. And this is the case here.

The plot is fairly familiar, a middle-aged woman, not settled, wanting a relationship, encounters an attractive man, becomes dependent on him, begins a new life with him, new business, but he gradually reveals his controlling personality, past violence, using his power almost to destroy his wife – who eventually leaves, helps the police to try to find him while he has changed his name and begins a relationship with a woman who resembles the main character. At the end, there are some unexpected violence as the controlling man shoots to associates and then himself.

Elizabeth Rohm plays Grace, a flight attendant, in casual relationships, but advised to contact Paul Carter, Antonio, Cupo, who promises romance, improvement to her health. Middle-aged women in the audience will easily identify with her – and be repelled by Paul Carter.

As mentioned, this is a plot that has been done many times – but this version is for the popular television audience.