Wild Things 2

Brittany (Susan Ward) and her rival Maya (Leila Arcieri) are two sultry Florida high school girls who, working together, hatch a murderous plot to scam a large sum inheritance. Soon they find themselves caught in a deadly web of blackmail and sex with a sleazy insurance investigator (Isaiah Washington).

Directed by Jack Perez, the film shouldn't even be called, Wild Things 2. This turkey doesn't have much to it that's worthwhile. The writers tried to stick in twists and turns to keep it interesting, but for the most part they fall below the mark. The acting is laughable--and not in a fun way--and not meant as a compliment in any way. The filmmakers even resort to all but restaging the first film's most memorable scene. What were they doing? Paying Homage?....

If there's any way you find yourself looking at the extras, you'll find a fluffy "making of" featurette, and a few product trailers. My advice though...Avoid this poor excuse for a sequel and stick to the original


"They love their volleyball. I don't know why."   May 11, 2004
Found Highways (Las Vegas)
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.


Amusing title   May 2, 2004
RKL (Asheville, NC)
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.


who was the idiot who decided to make this...again   April 8, 2004
Patrick (Anderson, In)
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...