Deadly Yoga Retreat

As with most (all?) of these Lifetime made-for-TV movies, the plot is fairly obvious via the title. And, also as standard, you get a fairly decent if unspectacular 90-minute movie that is strangely addictive and compelling despite all the shortcomings.

This is the yoga retreat from hell, in a jungle setting somewhere meant to be paradise, where women keep going missing, one after the other.

The instructor (Jonathan Bennett, playing the sort of role that is the very opposite of those he plays in Hallmark Christmas movies) is a menace and it's up to the survivors to band together if they are to survive.

The acting outside of Bennett - the best part of this movie, thanks to his sinister appearance - is also pretty good, better than the Lifetime average. Just like the rest of this film.

I want to preface this by saying that we love LMN movies in our house, it's the go-to channel for entertainment when we're not streaming something specific. And the dog likes LMN when we're not home, being a drama queen it suits him.

Sadly this movie, more specifically the acting, and the videography was horrendous. The male lead was so over-acted and unconvincing (I know, lots of LMN films have that in common but this was over the top terrible) that it came off as a comedy. That said, I personally would recommend watching it as long as you're not missing anything important like your firstborn's graduation, the unplanned humor is worth the 2 hours.

The lead that played Remy over acted through most of it. Danielle C Ryan was great as usual. She's the reasons I didn't give it one star. She was the only good thing about this movie. She's easily my favorite actor. Extremely underrated. Her character was much too smart to not see all the signs that Remy was crazy and evil. Not plausible IMO. Too many horny women at the retreat considering how hard it was to get in to. Also not plausible IMO. Most were too unserious. I've never given any of Danielle's movies less than an 8 I don't think. A few changes and it could have been great. Some changes in the story but mostly in the acting and directing. Worth watching if you can overlook a few details.

This is some of the worst acting I have ever seen in my life....and that was just in the first 3 mins. What an awfully constructed, badly written and badly acted film. Even low budget horror films shot on an iPhone are better than this. The main guy was chosen for his looks and looks alone, because he can't act to save his life. Can't believe I actually watched this to the end. Nothing but a colossal waste of my time.

Biggest.doofus.ever. Besides that, Danielle C. Ryan is amazing and there was so much spandex all around that you couldn't turn away!

Not a bad movie- good distraction on a rainy Sunday.