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You're bored at night, and you suddenly remember that you haven't checked Netflix for a week or two. You're scrolling through the list of recent additions, and you can't find anything you want to watch. You've already seen every direct-to-video movie starring Bruce Willis, and you're getting a bit desperate to find something watchable.

You've heard of NXIVM and know there were some famous people involved. And it was a sex cult, so its story certainly can't be boring. OK, why not.

The first thing you notice is that there are a lot of women in the film. The men are mostly just background decorations. And then, just like that, one of the women has a conversation with another woman, as if it's nothing. Did this movie just pass the Bechdel Test?!

The low budget, the melodramatic storyline, the useless men -- by now you're starting to get a little suspicious that maybe you're watching a Lifetime Movie. And yet, it's pretty watchable. And isn't that Peter Facinelli? You've seen him before in something else. Huh, wasn't Twilight. Oh, there it is -- Loosies. Yeah, that wasn't bad.

The story is more lurid than exciting, though. Catherine Oxenberg certainly does fight for her daughter, and you feel kind of creeped out by the cult. But this is supposed to be a sex cult! You're not supposed to be "kind of" creeped out. Oh well. For a Lifetime Movie, it was still pretty watchable. There isn't much atmosphere to speak of, though.

It'll tide you over until the next direct-to-video Bruce Willis movie arrives.