Dancer in Danger (2022) User Reviews

Where Were the Happy Feet?

[lavatch · 7/10 · 10 August 2023]

Reagan Humphries got a raw deal when as a youngster she was nearly crippled in an auto accident. But due to the Happy Feet Alliance, a devoted mom, and a strong rehab program, Reagan made a commendable comeback. Now in high school, she is locked into a dance competition that may earn her a scholarship, as well as a large internet following.

Of course, Reagan's aspirations for winning the competition are complicated with what appears to be a nasty rival: Samantha B. Along with Samantha, her oily boy friend Chaz and her bestie Mona figure in thwarting Reagan's hopes and dreams.

A major shortcoming of the film was the absence of creative choreography in the dance routines. Not only were the brief clips lacking in a skill set, but the dancing was downright uninspiring! What happened to the "happy feet"?

While the mystery part of the film did not include much suspense, there was a heartfelt relationship between Reagan and her caring mother, Beth. The friendship of Reagan and Lina was also well-developed and served as a good contrast to the strained relationship between Mona and Samantha B.

One of the best parts of the film was the overarching theme of filming mundane scenes with phones. In one instance, the filming of one of Reagan's dances captured something untoward. It was that inadvertent filming sequence that was at the heart of the mystery of the deadly dance competition.

Was way too easy to figure out the villain plus several plot holes

[lmnclips2 · 7/10 · 15 April 2024]

Had it figured out about 30 minutes in that it was Lena's dad/the chemistry teacher who kidnapped Regan. All I had left to know from there was his motive, which was revealed at the end. These movies aren't too hard to figure out. They constantly tried to paint Samantha as being the culprit, but I wasn't convinced. Mona on the other hand was a bit of a surprise though.

Aside from that, there were also a handful of plot holes, continuity errors, and characters making dumb decisions that not even a 4 year old would make.

1. Regan's kidnapping could have been prevented if Beth, Regan's mother had gone to the repair shop with her instead of letting her go alone. Especially knowing that that attacker was still on the loose.

2. Also what could have prevented Regan from being kidnapped was if Beth checked the store's CLOSING times so they could go the next morning when it opened. I literally do this with every restaurant and store that I plan to go to. Stupid!

3. In what universe does a phone break that badly to the point where it no longer functions properly, after falling like 3 feet to the ground? I have dropped my phone various times from that height. In fact it's happened 3 times this week, and it still working like it's supposed to. People drop their devices every day, but in the case of Regan, hers no longer works??

4. Why did Regan not charge her phone right after coming home from school so she could post the video? And how did Mr. Peters/Kyle know about this and decided to shut off the power at her house?? So many unanswered questions

5. How did Mona and Kyle know that Regan would drop her purse to allow Mona to steal her car keys so Kyle could give Regan a ride and ultimately kidnap her? It seems like a lot of things had to go right for their plan to work perfectly.

6. No WAY would a school be that empty and closed at 6pm. Are after-school clubs and activities not a thing? At least have there be 2 or 3 janitors. It would make more sense if this was around 9pm. Also during the attack, if you pause at the right time, you can see Kyle's face, CLEAR as day.

7. When Jim and Lena were watching Megan's dance video on the tablet, it shows the phone and ring light, but wasn't Regan recording the dance from her own phone? It soon switches to the correct point of view and then back to the incorrect one.

8. The handwriting on the note that Beth found on her car was just comical. The lowercase 'h' looked more like a capital 'L' so it looked like it said "SLe's Dead". I burst out laughing during that part.

This is my fourth time watching this movie. I wouldn't say it was bad, but the plot holes and characters' decisions definitely made it hard to watch. And before I watched this and heard 'dance competition', I wasn't expecting it to be TikTok dances. I will rate the acting a 6/10 and the overall movie 7/10.

The synopsis reveals too much.

[CranberriAppl · 8 January 2022]

I realize my mentioning that is akin to the Streisand Effect; however, I feel the need to warn you. This was actually a decent thriller and I usually don't care for the high school ones (in my 30s so they're not made for me). "Who Took Reagan?" would have been way more interesting if the synopsis didn't reveal everything that really isn't revealed until the last twenty minutes. The movie has decent pacing and isn't too campy with the social media aspects. It takes an icky turn which I never like in these movies, and this one doesn't feel believable, but it more or less sets up this movie.

The main negative I have is a common complaint for me: Lifetime always has the hooded attacker portrayed by a completely different body type and sometimes gender than the character it's supposed to be. That annoys me so much.

It's a watchable movie, just avoid the detailed synopsis.

Pretty bad...

[gab-67599 · 3/10 · 11 January 2022]

I went into this movie with low expectations but what I saw was even lower than what I had anticipated. That being said, I know they really tried to make something special happen here but it just didn't. Acting was below par and every time the masked kidnapper walked away and the girl screamed I could not help but cringe at her yelling. Even the dancing was horrible. I am normally not so harsh when it comes to new coming actors but this movie awful. I would recommend you save your time and watch anything else. This movie was just annoyingly bad!

Ouch

[sanikok-565-783461 · 1/10 · 12 July 2022]

Terrible story, bad acting, one of those Hollywood garbage what you need to avoid watching.

No logic, no common sense, the audience deserve entertainment and not torture.

Bloody crap!

[haroot_azarian · 8 March 2022]

First of all at least a) get good choreographers for the actresses or b) pick actresses who can actually dance. And what was with the pukey horrible mother and daughter eyeshadow?!!! Totally garbage waste of time move! Do not bother!!!