Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)
After his precocious behavior has gotten him bounced out of one more in a string of exclusive private schools, 16-year old Sebastian Valmont has arrived in New York City to live with his father and stepmother. The cunning and handsome Sebastian may have met his match, however in his equally manipulative and beautiful stepsister Kathryn Merteuil.
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Waste of time
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Just perfect...
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
If you haven't watched the first movie then...I'm not sure what to really say. Okay, I seen CI and the sequel doesn't make sense. In the original movie (might be a spoiler but not a big one) Sebastian wants to have sex with Kathryn because she is unattainable to him. They never engaged in intercourse and that is said in the movie, Cruel Intentions. Now, in the second movie Kathryn and Sebastian and some other chick have a threesome... Doesn't make sense. Also in the original, Sebastian had never been in love or fallen for anyone until he met Annette. But, in the sequel he falls in love with some girl ... My point is the sequel is trying to sort of be like original but the facts have been rewrittened. Even if you had seen the 2nd one and went on to watch the first one it wouldn't make sense and vice versa. So why would they reverse key situations? The movie would've been better off without 2 and 3.
When I saw this advertised on TV, I was a bit apprehensive. How could they possibly follow the first film after what happens at the end of the first, but I was willing to give it a go. After the first 10 minutes, I thought I was watching the wrong film and had to check to make sure. But no, it was the right one. I had to force myself to watch it the third time (I kept flicking over after 15 minutes of so) just to find out what they were trying to accomplish.Basically, the first film had me enthralled from the beginning. This film I ended up laughing during it. I actually thought it was a comedic parody.My personal opinion? Don't watch this, watch the first one again!
They had such potential for this movie and they completely fall flat. In the first Cruel Intentions, we are left wondering what motivated the lead characters to become the way they are and act the way they do. There is almost NO character development whatsoever in this prequel. It's actually a very sad story but this film did nothing for me. It was as if they left out good writing in place of unneeded f-words. And the end makes absolutely no sense and doesn't explain anything. The writing was just terrible. Another thing that bothered me was that they used at lease 3 of the EXACT SAME lines that were in the original. Such as "down boy", or the kissing scene, and a few others I can't remember. I was not impressed at all by Robin's acting, but Amy did a great job. That's about the only thing that reconciled this movie.
I can't believe this movie received financial backing. The original Cruel Intentions was unique, slightly disturbing & quite interesting. This movie is... well... awful!!!! The storyline makes no sense... it just just bounces all over the place and you're left wondering, "Where's this movie going?" Why did those two girls get in the shower with Sebastian? What was the whole point with his Dad & Stepmom? The whole fund raising for the school? It just made NO SENSE!!! Even as confusing as the storyline is, the "twist" ending is totally obvious and lame. All the actors were TERRIBLE! Everyone related to this movie should be BANNED from film making by the actor's guild.