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Wild Things 2 [VHS]

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I just saw this movie and couldn't believe how terrible it is. The plot is so much like the first one that this movie even has a 3-way sex scene like the first was famous for. The film was done so poorly that if you watch carefully you'll notice that right in the middle of the scene shoes suddenly appear on Maya's feet, whereas she had been barefoot only seconds earlier. If an entire cast and crew is too stupid to notice that, then you can just imagine how the rest of the film goes. Also, the whole idea of using rats to sabotage the electrical system in an airplane is too far-fetched to be believed. Avoid this at all costs.

The principal of Blue Bay High may not know why his students love their volleyball, but we do.

Wild Things 2 recycles the set-pieces from the quadruple-cross neo-noir thriller Wild Things. (1) Rich b-ch and trailer trash who hate each other listen to police lecture in high school auditorium. (2) Rich b-ch attacks trailer trash on witness stand during trial. (3) Girls get together with conspirator in motel room for three-way. And so on, with little deviation from the plot of the first Wild Things. You see everything coming.

Unfortunately, Wild Things 2 doesn't have the acting talents of Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Matt Dillon, Theresa Russell, Carrie Snodgress, Denise Richards, or Bill Murray. And in Wild Things 2 the twists and turns don't come from the characters, the way they did in Wild Things, especially Neve Campbell's bitter young woman.

It is possible to retell a story in a sequel using the same plot and still grab an audience. The Rage: Carrie 2 is a good example. It's director Katt Shea's feminist response to Brian De Palma's version of Stephen King's story. The Rage makes it clear that the telekinetic adolescent girl is a victim of cruelty from others, not some original sin within herself because she's grown into a woman.

The only reason they made this movie was for the money. Not good enough.

the 1st one, which i am watching right now, its great. Very clever, very unique, all that fun stuff...but this....its so exactly like the 1st one its embarrasing and stupid! Why would anyone put millions into this movie!? its a total waste of time and the girls in this cant act and they look like they were plucked right off the street (2 dolla! 2 dolla for the girl who looks like a crack hoe)! This was a bad way to do the origional. It stood great alone and there was no need for a sequal, and if one had to be done, why not come up with something fresh, not the exact something that was captured in the 1st and captured so much better! waste of time, waste of money, waste of anything and everything that went into making this...

Is this a follow-up to Wild Things 1? Not even close. Trying to cash in by using the title and the numerical '2', this movie plays like a bad USA B movie. A no-name cast and a silly storyline, very little of the elements that made WT1 so popular. If you want the real thing, just buy Wild Things(the R rated version) and if you must have it, the new 'unrated' version. WT2 sadly is a frisbee.

The plot to this movie or so called sequal is horrible. I rented this movie expecting something good and I end up falling asleep. I actually had to watch it several times just to find out what really happened. Don't even buy it, it is a waist of your money!

What does WILD THINGS 2 have going against it from the get-go:
A) No Denise Richards B) No name actors C)Being a crappy direct-to-video sequel D)No Denise Richards NAKED . . .

What is wrong with WILD THINGS 2 after the fact:
A)A script that tries to overcompensate its idiocy with more twists than a corkscrew B)ONE sex scene -- A (weak) threesome, one of the few things even linking this to the original C)Sexy actresses who star in a sexy movie but decide not to be naked (leaving us with a body double and naked-from-behind shot) . . . Wait let me play that again!

If I seem to be dwelling a little too much on the sexuality aspects of this film maybe its because this is an EROTIC THRILLER.

Did I mention no Denise Richards?

One of the standout features of "Wild Things" was that in spite of having an obvious emphasis on the eye-candy content, it also contained enough to keep the other areas of the mind stimulated. In addition to a cast that was very pleasant to look at, doing some things that were equally pleasing to the eye, it had a credible plot that read like an everyday event in parts of America. Most importantly, however, the original Wild Things wasn't afraid to recognise that adults have a right to be entertained, too.

When you take the original "Wild Things" and remove everything that made it worthwhile, you get "Wild Things 2." Many key scenes from "Wild Things" get replicated here, only there is a certain something lacking. It could be credible acting. It could be a decent script. But what is most apparently missing here is creativity. The photography, so lush and dynamic in the first film, is flat and uninteresting here. About twenty-eight minutes into the film, we hear one of the detectives say something along the lines of "oh, the plot thickens". This plot would need to eat a whole turkey for every meal every day for a year in order to stop resembling a death camp survivor.

"Wild Things 2" starts out weakly and never shifts gears. It starts out on the assumption that it has given enough exposition to make sense, and simply throws scenes in the viewer's face without any hint of transition. It is almost as if an entire half-hour of footage was deleted from throughout the film, all from between one scene or another.

Another feature of "Wild Things" that "Wild Things 2" left out is the plot twists. Sure, there's plot twists here, but the lack of setup in the rest of the film, combined with the scenes' rapid-fire handling, gives them the same level of impact as a funeral in an Ed Wood film. After the half-hearted attempt to recreate the threesome scene, and its ability to demonstrate how "wider audience" seems to mean "children/adolescents only" in Hollywood, I'm sure nobody who's seen the film will be surprised that I tend to think of this mess as Wild Things Lite.

In all, I gave this mess a one out of five. It is a perfect example of a Hollywood studio trying to please everyone, and winding up pleasing no one as a result. Save your money and buy the original instead. You won't feel as if you wasted ninety minutes of your life and a few thousand brain cells as a result.

This direct to video "sequel" is actually more of a re-tread of the original 1998 guilty pleasure erotic thriller/film noir potboiler, and another of the countless, and pointless, direct to video sequels to come from Sony/Comlumbia/Tri-Star as of late (Cruel Intentions 2 & 3, Starship Troopers 2, shall I go on?). Wild Things 2 focuses around a rich girl (Susan Ward) whose stepfather mysteriously dies, and the only thing standing in her way of inheritance is her high school rival (Son of the Beach's hot Leila Arcieri) who claims to be the man's true, biological daughter. Naturally, just like in the original, there are plot twists aplenty, as learned by an insurance investigator (Isiah Washington, giving a somewhat inspired performance), and naturally, there are double crosses, murders, and a redux of the first film's threesome, only it's not as erotic as the original's. Wild Things 2 isn't just a cardboard copy of the original with none of it's good points, it's a solid waste of film that even fans of the original film will hate. Is it worth seeing? Depends how much you liked the first Wild Things, but for the rest of us, just watch the original and forget this ever happened.

Anyone who has seen the original 1998 movie starring Neve Campbell, Matt Dillon and Denise Richards know pretty much what to expect from this effort.
Listed as a sequel the movie only relates to the original in its subject matter and tone. In fact to call this movie a sequel is essentially slightly misleading as none of the characters (or even actors) from the first movie are featured in this thriller.
The plot concerns the death of a rich businessman in Florida and the resulting fate of his $70 million inheritance. The businessman dies in a plane crash close to the beginning of the movie, but a doggedly determined insurance investigator (played by Isaiah Washington) has his doubts about the ruling of accidental death, largely because his company may have to write out a $2 million check.
The businessman's step-daughter Brittany appears to be the beneficiary of what amounts to little more than a $26,000 a year "allowance" with the bulk of the money going to a country club, but then a blood heir appears and things really begin to steam up in the Florida Everglades.
Playing Brittany is hottie Susan Ward. Her character grew up on the wrong side of the tracks before her mother married the stepfather mentioned above. She's a popular girl at school, a member of the school elite and volleyball team.
In contrast is Maya (played by Leila Arcieri) who appears as a blood heir to the late businessman. She is an arrogant, loud-mouthed piece of trailer trash.
Perhaps the most famous scene from the original movie is the menage a trois (in which Neve Campbell famously refused to appear topless). This scene is replayed here between the two girls and the doctor assigned to conduct the DNA test on Maya. As with the first movie the most famous of the two actresses (and really the only one any alpha male is interested in seeing topless) Susan Ward is the one girl who doesn't (instead the director shoots her scene of disrobing from her back).
The movie is full of improbabilities and many twists and turns. I found is mildly diverting and think that it really only suffers in comparison to its more famous predecessor. It's a guilty pleasure, its just not as refined a vintage as the 1998 outing.
The twists and surprises come thick and heavy in the final minutes of the movie, but for anyone who has been paying any attention to the "plot" of the picture they are really just reaffirming what we have believed throughout. Well, okay the second to last surprise caught me a little off-guard with a WTF moment.
Despite this, it is a satisfying denouement with all the ends tied up and a satisfying fate for all the main characters.
So, grab the popcorn, leave your brain at the door and sit back for another serving of sex, murder and betrayal in southern Florida.

Wild Things is one of my all time favorite thrillers, so I decided to give its sequel a try. My expectations were low, as WT2 went directly to video, but I could never imagine how bad this movie is. WT2 is like a low-budget copy of the first movie (threesome scene included) but with lame actors and stupid plot. From the very start you can't help but wonder if they actually wanted to make a thriller or a comedy. Extremely disappointing.