Very weird movie, and not in a good way. Poor acting as per usual, disorganized and badly executed story, unconvincing characters, the sudden and abrupt commercial breaks, several plot holes, and the many editing and sound mixing issues that were beyond atrocious and were very noticeable. The editors probably noticed them but realized that they had a deadline and didn't have time to fix them, but still. I haven't seen a Lifetime movie with editing this bad since Fatal Fiancée (2021). But with that movie, they obviously made the editing bad on purpose in the hopes that it would add more drama. This however was a completely different story.
And with the amateurish script and obviously low budget, you'd think that this movie was written, produced, and dreamed up by sixth graders.
The Ava character was basically the dollar store version of Kim Kardashian, and her voice was very annoying (sounded like it was dubbed over lol). I also suspected her about 15 minutes in as the perpetrator behind the two attempted murders.
I've probably mentioned this in a previous review of mine, but one of my biggest pet peeves in Lifetime films is when they make it look like a character was killed when they actually survived. I was almost certain that Milo didn't survive the car accident as it appeared that he was staring blankly towards the ground, indicating that he passed. But then the police claimed that he was unconscious?? Be for real!
What was the point of Vanessa? The woman that kept on demanding money from Frank. She kind of just showed up in the middle of the film and disappeared soon afterwards. What was up with that?? Her character was pointless and added nothing to the story whatsoever. Same with the other "caddies".
Cinematography was poor at times and looked like it was filmed on a home camera. Like... what was up with the purple lighting near the end? It looked artificial and not natural at all. There's also this weird scene during the climax where Cassie attacks Frank as they're walking down the stairwell and then it cuts to her riding a golf cart with Frank and Ava pursuing her. Also how did nobody notice Lisa's body sooner??
Tracy should have gone to the police to file a missing persons report on her sister after 24 hours instead of going around calling people from the country club out and doubting everyone around her. And lastly, Lisa's account on the printer was passcode protected but the next time Cassie tried to open it up it went through with no problem?? Also since when does a printer being unplugged count as it being "out of order"?? Lmao.
And as with most LTM's, we never find out what happens to the bad guys! In this case Frank. Did he die from the gunshot wound after Ava shot him? It should always be the writers job to tie up loose ends like these. Infuriating.
I am coming to the conclusion that this movie was obviously rushed (There must have been some sort of deadline and everything was done at the last minute). The handful of plot holes, sound issues and continuity errors, made this film almost unwatchable. Definitely not something that I would watch again or would recommend.
Edit: I changed my rating from 5 stars to 2 as I was afraid that I was being too hard on the entire cast and crew. But they didn't even try with this one! I'd say this movie, "Danger Below Deck" a.k.a. "Sugar", and "Trapped in the Cabin" are in the running for "Worst Lifetime movies of 2023.
And with the amateurish script and obviously low budget, you'd think that this movie was written, produced, and dreamed up by sixth graders.
The Ava character was basically the dollar store version of Kim Kardashian, and her voice was very annoying (sounded like it was dubbed over lol). I also suspected her about 15 minutes in as the perpetrator behind the two attempted murders.
I've probably mentioned this in a previous review of mine, but one of my biggest pet peeves in Lifetime films is when they make it look like a character was killed when they actually survived. I was almost certain that Milo didn't survive the car accident as it appeared that he was staring blankly towards the ground, indicating that he passed. But then the police claimed that he was unconscious?? Be for real!
What was the point of Vanessa? The woman that kept on demanding money from Frank. She kind of just showed up in the middle of the film and disappeared soon afterwards. What was up with that?? Her character was pointless and added nothing to the story whatsoever. Same with the other "caddies".
Cinematography was poor at times and looked like it was filmed on a home camera. Like... what was up with the purple lighting near the end? It looked artificial and not natural at all. There's also this weird scene during the climax where Cassie attacks Frank as they're walking down the stairwell and then it cuts to her riding a golf cart with Frank and Ava pursuing her. Also how did nobody notice Lisa's body sooner??
Tracy should have gone to the police to file a missing persons report on her sister after 24 hours instead of going around calling people from the country club out and doubting everyone around her. And lastly, Lisa's account on the printer was passcode protected but the next time Cassie tried to open it up it went through with no problem?? Also since when does a printer being unplugged count as it being "out of order"?? Lmao.
And as with most LTM's, we never find out what happens to the bad guys! In this case Frank. Did he die from the gunshot wound after Ava shot him? It should always be the writers job to tie up loose ends like these. Infuriating.
I am coming to the conclusion that this movie was obviously rushed (There must have been some sort of deadline and everything was done at the last minute). The handful of plot holes, sound issues and continuity errors, made this film almost unwatchable. Definitely not something that I would watch again or would recommend.
Edit: I changed my rating from 5 stars to 2 as I was afraid that I was being too hard on the entire cast and crew. But they didn't even try with this one! I'd say this movie, "Danger Below Deck" a.k.a. "Sugar", and "Trapped in the Cabin" are in the running for "Worst Lifetime movies of 2023.
