Wild Things 2 uses re-enactments of memorable scenes from Wild Things, and borrows thematic elements, to justify its implied claim of derivation from Wild Things. But Wild Things 2 is missing the clever plot twists, and only barely manages a plot at all. It comes across as phony, contrived, and dishonest. Susan Ward was evidently cast because of her resemblance to Denise Richards, even though she actually looks more like Jack Lord on closer inspection, and couldn't give a convincing performance if her life depended on it. (If you don't think that she looks like Jack Lord, have yourself a side-by-side look at the close-up pictures of both in the image galleries.)
In Wild Things 2, the rich girl's stepfather dies in a plane crash (or so it seems), and the will stipulates that only a blood descendant will get any significant amount of inheritance. At probate, the poor girl successfully claims to be the biological daughter of the rich man. The rich girl, played by Susan Ward, then gives us a re-enactment of the outrage displayed by the Denise Richards' character in Wild Things when the poor girl breaks down under cross and admits to their conspiracy to get their teacher put away. Given the circumstances at this pivotal moment in Wild Things, it is to be expected that Denise Richards' character would display outrage in the courtroom. In Wild Things 2, the reason for the loss of composure of the Susan Ward character is not in the least bit apparent, and especially with the terrible acting, it comes across as bizarre.
In Wild Things, the teacher successfully sues, with the help of the lawyer played so aptly by Bill Murray, and afterward the teacher and the two girls meet up in a hotel room to celebrate. This is an important plot transition in Wild Things, being the point when a very different interpretation of what has transpired thus far, is revealed to the audience.
In Wild Things 2, right after the probate hearing, the two girls meet up in a re-enactment of that significant dramatic moment in Wild Things. For all that has been suggested up to this point, the poor girl was the legitimate heir of the rich man who was really dead, and there has been no suggestion of any sort of con or conspiracy. They use dialog here to tell the audience that the reason that they are celebrating is that they have succeeded, but exactly what they have succeeded at, you have no idea. At this point some guy walks in to re-enact the sordid 3-way scene from Wild Things, and other than the fact that some sort of successful plot is implied by all this celebrating, you're not at all certain that you even know who this guy even is, or how you should attempt to reinterpret anything that you have witnessed thus far.
They kill this poor guy right away, and it is clumsily revealed that he is the coroner who falsely certified that the body in plane crash was that of the rich man who isn't really dead, and it is clumsily revealed that the real conspirators were the rich man and his stepdaughter. When this is revealed, you naturally ask why they needed the poor girl, but it sort of makes sense because she effectively supplied the body, which was really her father who had died a year or so earlier. But the way it all comes together is just clumsy, devoid of any cleverness at all, and you can't help but wonder how that coroner could have been so stupid as to believe that he would get his payoff as opposed to getting killed.
Wild Things 2 is a cheap attempt to capitalize on the success of Wild Things. Wild Things had one of the most clever plots of any movie in recent memory, and it deserves to be recognized and remembered for that. It is very unfortunate that its legacy has been tarnished by this utter waste of time. The only possibly redeeming value of this movie is that it may prevent any legitimate movies from casting Susan Ward in a legitimate role. If so, then perhaps this movie has served a useful purpose after all.
In Wild Things 2, the rich girl's stepfather dies in a plane crash (or so it seems), and the will stipulates that only a blood descendant will get any significant amount of inheritance. At probate, the poor girl successfully claims to be the biological daughter of the rich man. The rich girl, played by Susan Ward, then gives us a re-enactment of the outrage displayed by the Denise Richards' character in Wild Things when the poor girl breaks down under cross and admits to their conspiracy to get their teacher put away. Given the circumstances at this pivotal moment in Wild Things, it is to be expected that Denise Richards' character would display outrage in the courtroom. In Wild Things 2, the reason for the loss of composure of the Susan Ward character is not in the least bit apparent, and especially with the terrible acting, it comes across as bizarre.
In Wild Things, the teacher successfully sues, with the help of the lawyer played so aptly by Bill Murray, and afterward the teacher and the two girls meet up in a hotel room to celebrate. This is an important plot transition in Wild Things, being the point when a very different interpretation of what has transpired thus far, is revealed to the audience.
In Wild Things 2, right after the probate hearing, the two girls meet up in a re-enactment of that significant dramatic moment in Wild Things. For all that has been suggested up to this point, the poor girl was the legitimate heir of the rich man who was really dead, and there has been no suggestion of any sort of con or conspiracy. They use dialog here to tell the audience that the reason that they are celebrating is that they have succeeded, but exactly what they have succeeded at, you have no idea. At this point some guy walks in to re-enact the sordid 3-way scene from Wild Things, and other than the fact that some sort of successful plot is implied by all this celebrating, you're not at all certain that you even know who this guy even is, or how you should attempt to reinterpret anything that you have witnessed thus far.
They kill this poor guy right away, and it is clumsily revealed that he is the coroner who falsely certified that the body in plane crash was that of the rich man who isn't really dead, and it is clumsily revealed that the real conspirators were the rich man and his stepdaughter. When this is revealed, you naturally ask why they needed the poor girl, but it sort of makes sense because she effectively supplied the body, which was really her father who had died a year or so earlier. But the way it all comes together is just clumsy, devoid of any cleverness at all, and you can't help but wonder how that coroner could have been so stupid as to believe that he would get his payoff as opposed to getting killed.
Wild Things 2 is a cheap attempt to capitalize on the success of Wild Things. Wild Things had one of the most clever plots of any movie in recent memory, and it deserves to be recognized and remembered for that. It is very unfortunate that its legacy has been tarnished by this utter waste of time. The only possibly redeeming value of this movie is that it may prevent any legitimate movies from casting Susan Ward in a legitimate role. If so, then perhaps this movie has served a useful purpose after all.