Watching this movie at 2 am was a bad decision if we’re going to start off like this.
This could be better than some TikTok asmr. This is 2019’s Deadly Assistant,
and the title pretty much explains it all. Spoiler alert. I might be giving you
my opinion on the film, but that’s no substitute for watching it for yourself.
Links to the film are in the description. We continue to listen to Lauren as she tells
us calming mantras until we see a woman’s body squirm as a knife is heated over burning sage.
As the woman screams, we cut to the title screen. Soon after, we see Lauren teaching a yoga session,
and everything seems to be calming for all those in attendance.
Watching yoga is so soothing, but doing it was never my forte. I feel
like I get more stressed out while trying to calm down. By the end of the session,
everyone looks annoyingly calm, but Maya, who is standing in the front row, takes it a step
further and tries to connect with Amanda. As everyone starts to gather their equipment,
Charlie comes up to talk to Maya, and he even calls her a teacher’s pet.
Soon, Lauren approaches them and asks Charlie how he’s doing with the class. He tries to play
it off, but Laurenknows better. We find out that Lauren is actually Charlie’s mother,
and she reassures him that he’ll be knocking out all the poses soon enough.
Charlie and Maya leave the studio together, and we see Amanda sitting in her car while
listening to Lauren over an audiobook. She gathers a flower from her car and makes her
way into the yoga studio. Charlie notices her as soon as she comes in, and he greets her as Lauren
comes over to hug her. After embracing each other, we find out that Lauren and Amanda are sisters.
Amanda and Charlie catch up since she hasn’t seen him in years, and we find out that Charlie used
to have a problem with drugs. Thanks to his mother and Maya, he is three years sober, and
he’s making strides to be a better person. We find out that Maya is Lauren’s assistant as well.
Maya tries to express how happy she is to finally meet her,
but she comes across as a crazed fan. Foreshadowing maybe? It can’t be that obvious.
Between the title and that comment, there’s no way it’s that simple.
Maya seems to strike a chord when she mentions how Amanda has been gone for three years,
but they play it off as a touchy subject and nothing more. As Amanda makes her way around
the facility, she finds Ian who is Charlie’s father and is attending the computer.
After they leave the studio, Lauren shows Amanda around the house, and Amanda feels as though too
much has changed since the last time she was there. Once in her old room, Lauren tries to
offer Amanda the opportunity to be around for awhile again, and she explains how Charlie and
Maya have pretty much moved into the guest house. After hearing the offer, Amanda tries to explain
that she still isn’t happy with the history that surrounds Ian. She mentions that there
was an affair, and she’ll never forgive him. AFter the sisters wander the grounds to look
over Lauren’s new additions, Lauren tries to express how much she misses Amanda,
and Amanda reciprocates the sentiment. It just isn’t enough to change things.
Just let her be! She’s not coming back! The dynamics of everyone involved is
making me wonder why any of them are even in contact with each other to begin with,
but it sounds like Amanda has more reason to not be there than most. Just be happy that
she’s there to support you for the weekend. Out in the guest house, Maya addresses the fact
that things are more tense than usual now that Amanda is back. Charlie tries to defend everyone,
but he mentions that Amanda was never able to prove that his father was having an affair.
Once at the dinner table, Lauren announces that she wants to invite Amanda in as
a business partner, and Ian and Maya are far from impressed with this decision.
They are comically disinclined to entertain this decision. They are all sitting at a very private
dinner, and Ian is anything but subtle with his disdain for Lauren’s decision to invite Amanda in.
It’s almost on the verge of pure disrespect. Later that night, Ian makes it very clear with
Lauren that he is completely against the decision she’s made. Outside,
Maya also voices her opinion on the matter as she tries to make her side known to Amanda.
Soon, Amanda decides to go to bed, and that’s the end of the festivities for the night.
The next day is the big reopening for the wellness facility, but Lauren is nowhere to be found.
When Maya and Amanda find her in the bathroom, Lauren is very visibly nervous, but she assures
them that she’s ok to give her speech. As they help her outside to give her speech, Lauren all
of a sudden begins to show signs that she’s not doing well. She begins to hyperventilate, and Ian
helps her to the ground as she gasps for air. It turns out that Lauren actually died at that
moment, and we see that confirmed as we watch Ian give a speech at her funeral.
As Amanda looks around at the audience, she notices that Charlie is drinking on the
sidelines as he has relapsed again. As the funeral ends, a man named Josh approaches Amanda, and she
recognizes him from her high school days. I’m loving how people are just popping out of
the woodwork, and all of them have some sort of convenient job or connection. It turns
out that Josh here is a cop, and Amanda starts asking questions immediately. Not to mention,
this cop just tells Amanda to tell Ian sensitive information about waiting for a toxicology report.
Someone isn’t too good at their job. As Amanda watches Ian interact with the visitors,
he sees that Maya is hanging on his arm, and when they get home, Ian just talks about how
Charlie made a fool of himself while drinking at the funeral. Ian and Amanda start having an
argument about whether or not he really cheated all those years ago, but they end up getting
nowhere new. Eventually, Amanda asks him why he’s so curious about the toxicology report,
and Ian doesn’t like what she’s insinuating. He assures her that he just wants answers and
closure, but that’s not good enough for Amanda. That night, Amanda hears the backyard gate close,
and she finds Charlie stumbling drunk. Amanda feels bad for him, and she goes
to help him make it to the guest house. He apologizes for letting her see him like this,
but Amanda assures him that she understands. While talking to Charlie, she mentions that she found a
strange message that Maya posted on the company website, but Charlie has already passed out.
I will say, she’s really done nothing but ruffle feathers ever since she showed up.
For someone that was only there to show support for a few days and leave, she just keeps digging
into everything and everyone’s business. As Amanda goes to leave, she bumps into Maya
who was creeping just outside the room. Maya tries to assure her that Ian and her can take
over the business, but Amanda lets her know that she’s not going anywhere this time.
She believes that Charlie needs support, and she wants to know how Lauren actually died.
Really? Lauren just died, and the dumb culprit is already trying to knock off the sister?
That’s how you get caught for sure. The next morning, Amanda goes to the
wellness center, and she catches Ian eyeballing Maya as she prances around.
When Amanda goes to talk to Maya, she has an interesting conversation that leads to Maya
talking about how Lauren’s life insurance policy will help pay for the loans and renovations.
Of course, after Amanda questions her about it, Maya states that she heard Ian talking about it.
You’re all guilty! That’s it! End of story. After Maya walks away, Amanda calls Josh
to meet for coffee. She tries to explain that she doesn’t trust Ian,
and Josh tries to calm the situation down. Josh eventually tells her about the toxicology report,
and he explains that there was a substance found in her blood that probably helped contribute
to her heart failure. It’s a natural drug, but too much leads to death.
That afternoon, Amanda makes it home, throws up, and drinks more of the water on her nightstand.
Soon after, Maya comes in to talk about Charlie’s relapse, and Amanda ends up talking to her about
Lauren’s toxicology report. Amanda tries to mention that she might be suspicious
of Charlie. She thinks that he might’ve accidentally mixed his drugs with Lauren’s,
and Maya takes Amanda to the center to show her files on the computer about Charlie’s drugs.
That night, Ian tries to talk to her about her contempt for the family,
and how her actions will cause the family to fall apart. As he mentions her possible
intentions to tell Josh about Charlie’s drug use, she tells him that she already did. Meanwhile,
Charlie is listening to the recording of his mother as he drives to the edge of a cliff.
This masked murderer is all over the place. They even followed Charlie to the end of his
drunken joy ride to a cliff that was too perfect for this moment. Odd.
After Charlie falls, the figure throws a post office envelope and pill bottle onto the passenger
seat of Charlie’s car. The next morning, Josh arrives at the house to tell Maya and Amanda
about Charlie’s accident. He survived the fall, but he’s in the hospital and won’t wake up.
Once Maya, Amanda, and Ian show up, they explain how the situation looks to the police,
and Ian tries to get some alone time with Charlie. Back at the house, Josh tries to
explain to Maya and Amanda that the pills they found are the same drug that was used on Lauren,
and he explains that he’s going to have to talk to Charlie wherever he wakes up.
As time goes on, we see that almost everything else is going back to normal.
Amanda is living a calm life, Maya is running the classes, and Ian is hitting on Maya.
That’s right. You heard me right. He’s hitting on her even after nosy
Amanda decides to stay in town. So dumb. Eventually, Maya even rejects his advances,
and Amanda is pretty happy to see this. When she goes to check on Maya, Maya assures her that
there was nothing at all going on. Later on, the three of them are sitting at home eating dinner
when Josh shows up to tell them that Charlie is awake. As Amanda goes to walk Josh out,
Maya and Ian exchange worried glances. That night, someone slips into Charlie’s
room and shoots a dose of something into his IV. As his heartbeat rapidly changes,
he eventually flatlines, but Josh shows up the next day to tell the crew that they saved Charlie.
The family asks if they can visit him, but Josh assures them that no one but law enforcement can
speak to him until after they question him. What’s crazy is the fact that Josh thinks this
kid that’s been in a coma for a week is going to be able to remember a damn thing right after
waking up with a knot on his head as big as he’s got. To top that off, something even crazier is
that they make Charlie so he actually remembers being grabbed that night at the cliff. Between
the head trauma, coma, the alcohol that night, and he just woke up, you would think that he
would barely even remember his own name! Back at the house, Amanda comes home to find
Ian drinking by the fire, and she immediately starts to hound him about how he looks at Maya.
He actually confirms that he tried to start something with Maya, but all he feels now
is the grief and guilt. He’s just tired of everything at this point. After hearing that,
Amanda sits down to ask him what he means, and he finally confirms that she was right about him
cheating on Lauren all those years ago. Whole lot of good this confession is doing
you! You couldn’t have mentioned this before Lauren died?
After he mentions that he never meant to hurt Lauren, he gets up and walks away from Amanda.
She ends up calling Josh to tell him about how Ian just confessed things to her, but Josh says
he has news of his own. He tells her to meet him at the wellness center and hangs up quickly.
Meanwhile, Ian goes to talk to Maya, and she makes sure he told Amanda everything they had
talked about before. He assures her he did, and she seems pleased. Across town, Amanda meets up
with Josh at the wellness center, and he mentions that he is making Ian suspect number one.
Ok. So one, no one thinks it a little bit too obvious to find
incriminating evidence just lying in a semi-empty trash can? Come one. And two,
what is up with this music? I feel like I’m watching a Tom Clancy movie right now.
Before they leave, Josh receives a call that alerts him to shots fired at Ian’s house. The
two of them rush over to the house to investigate, and Josh sweeps the house. Soon, he runs into Maya
who has blood all over her, and she mentions that Ian pulled a gun on her. They hear Amanda scream
from the guest house, and they find Ian passed out on the floor with a gun in his hand.
When Josh wakes him up, he seems extremely confused,
but Josh goes ahead and arrests him on the spot. The next day, Amanda goes to check on Charlie,
and Charlie can’t believe everything that he’s missed. He tries to apologize for not sticking
up for her earlier about the affair lie, but she assures him that that is all behind them now.
Back at her new house, Amanda has Josh over for coffee, and she asks about Ian. Apparently,
Ian isn’t giving up any information, but Josh assures her that he’s going away for a long time.
Eventually, something compels Amanda to go back to the wellness center to try and find evidence,
but she just gets more questions when she is attacked by Maya.
And we’re back full circle everyone! It was really that easy!
Maya begins talking about how everything was so set to be fine and happy for everyone.
Especially her. Until Amanda arrived. She hated how Lauren and Ian were when she was around.
We also find out that she was the girl from the original affair three years ago!
She sounds like such a petulant child right now. I can’t remember
the last time I said that’s not fair. Amanda tries to question Maya about why
she killed her, and Maya admits that she never actually meant to kill her. Maya actually shows
that she regrets everything that has happened up to now. She really didn’t mean for all of this
to get blown out of proportion, but here we are. Soon, Amanda gets her hands free, and she rushes
upstairs while MAya grabs the knife. Just as Maya lunges after Amanda, Amanda
puts her down with one of the statues, and she eventually grabs hold of the knife. After she ends
up stabbing Maya, she kicks her through a stained glass that’s in the office, and Maya is dead.
Eventually, we see Charlie and Amanda talking about how the center has come along,
but Ian and Josh walk through the front door. Ian apologizes for everything,
and Amanda apologizes for thinking that Ian killed Lauren. After they make amends, Amanda talks to
Josh about how she’s going to be staying in town and running the center with Ian and Charlie. He
assures her that Lauren would be happy, and we see a video of Lauren giving one of her lessons.
Then the credits roll. This film should just be appreciated for what it is.
It’s a classic romance, family drama, and those are good for what they are. Try it
out for yourself. Let me know what you think. I try to keep a positive light on things, but
sometimes there isn’t much positive to say. Thank you for watching, and I hope you enjoyed
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