Wild Things 2 (2004)

Sequel to the hot film Wild Things, Wild Things 2 sees teenage bad girls Maya and Britney go on a sex and killing spree to win millions.

Director:

Jack Perez

Writers:

Ross Helford, Andy Hurst

Stars:

Susan Ward, Katie Stuart, Leila Arcieri

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Susan Ward	...	Brittney Havers
Katie Stuart	...	Shannon
Leila Arcieri	...	Maya King
Dorit Wolf	...	Lecture Hall Girl
Brett Gilbert	...	Titch
Michael Chieffo	...	Principal Mosster
Linden Ashby	...	Detective Morrison
Joe Michael Burke	...	Julian Haynes
Chad Gordon	...	Kip Kiepki
Tony Denison	...	Niles Dunlap
Kathy Neff	...	Brittney's Mother
Ski Carr	...	Cicatriz
Isaiah Washington	...	Terence Bridge
Dylan Kussman	...	Irvin Brillman
Kimberly Atkinson	...	Teri Breur

Storyline

Rich 17 year old wild thing Brittney is devastated she loses her inheritence to a classmate, Maya. An insurance investigator uncovers the two girls plan, and soon the three are involved in a steamy relationship of sex, money and people being fed to aligators.

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Plot Keywords:

nudity | sex scene | seduction | cheating girlfriend | erotic thriller | 

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Taglines:

You'll never guess what's beneath the surface.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexuality, language and violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 February 2004 (UK)

Also Known As:

The Glades

Filming Locations:

Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Destination Films, Mandalay Pictures, Magic Hour Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Leila Arcieri used a body double for the topless scenes.

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Goofs

You see a shadow move across the policeman's back after he gets out to talk to Maya in Alligator Alley, presumably a grip or camera assistant.

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Quotes

Terence Bridge: Nothing is ever as simple as it appears.

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Crazy Credits

The Producers Wish To Thank Carlos from Parking

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Connections

Followed by Wild Things: Foursome (2010)

User Reviews

Wild Things minus all the things that made it interesting = Wild Things 2

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.

As my summary suggests, 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, 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.

Speaking of the plot, one critique of Ralph Bakshi's production of The Lord Of The Rings states that about a third of the way through, Ralph shifts gears and simply gives all the neat highlights without any of the setup that links them together to give coherence. Wild Things 2 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 two out of ten. 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.