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As someone who has followed bull riding and gone to rodeos for most of my life, I've really enjoyed watching this first season of The Ride. It's been great to watch the team dynamic play out in this new format, and I've truly enjoyed in-depth look into the riders' lives and backgrounds. And as the wife of someone who I jokingly call a "rodeo novice", I've enjoyed seeing my husband's response to the show as well. He's become more interested in the sport as he watched the season and became more invested in their personal stories. I think the strength of the show lies within those personal stories of each rider. My only *truly minimal* critique would be that they should've given a little more detail at the start about how *exactly* the team series works (i.e. More detail into the draft, team scoring/advancing in more detail, do they redraft each year, etc.). These details could help everyone from someone who is dipping their toe into the bull riding arena for the first time via Prime, or even traditional PBR fans who aren't yet fully understanding of this new format and its rules. That little critique aside, this show has been a pleasure to watch and I can't wait for the second season.

I'll start by saying that I tend to like what you might call "bad horror movies" and prefer the older, cheesier Lifetime movies to their newer ones, so I was probably the target audience for this one. (That being said, this wasn't exactly a "horror" movie by any stretch.) Once I got past the opening sequence and they arrived at the main location, the plot began to pull me in a little... probably bc I knew some sort of odd twist was coming bc that's just what happens in these movies! I will say, I think there was potential with the ideas and story, but they just didn't *quite* get there... Fell kinda short of the mark, I guess you'd say. Without giving away any spoilers, there were some plot points and characters that needed a little more explanation or development. The few special effects used were pretty bad. And the acting was hit or miss. I guess the way I'd describe it to a friend would be that it might have been one of the best student film projects I've ever seen... if only that's what it had been! All that being said, I did watch it all the way through and it held my attention overall. If you're inclined to like the old school lifetime thrillers and cheesy horror movies, you'll probably enjoy this enough. If you're a film snob and only watch award caliber stuff... well, frankly, I'm not sure why you'd even be here reading this review--this one is not for you!

I've seen this movie a few times on Lifetime, yet I always seem to watch it again if I see it coming on (under the name "Dangerous Seduction"). I'm a fan of the old school cheesy Lifetime movies, so I don't always have the highest bar for their stuff, but this one is actually better than most--probably bc it wasn't made for Lifetime! Christa B Allen (Charlotte from Revenge) did a good job in the lead role of (the ridiculously named) Posy Pinkerton. The story doesn't fall into one of the 3 standard Lifetime storylines--it has a little darkness to it, while still keeping it "basic cable ready". Overall it has pretty good production value for a made-for-tv movie and (if you're willing to suspend your disbelief a bit) it has a decent plot. After reading other reviews that say it's the "worst movie they've ever seen", I have to assume these people have not watched many movies bc there are plenty of stinkers out there--this isn't even close to the worst movie I've watched just this week! It's not gonna win a freaking Oscar, but if you want to watch a decent little made-for-tv thriller on a random Thursday, this movie gets the job done.