Other Titles • Cruel Intentions 2 • Cruel Intentions 2: Manchester Prep (2001) • Manchester Prep (1999) • Naughty (1999)
Synopses for Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)
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This prequel to the hit movie follows the adventures of rakish young Sebastian, who, at age sixteen, is determined to redeem himself for past transgressions and become a one-woman man. His kind intentions are complicated by his recently acquired stepsister, Katherine Mertuil, a viciously manipulative debutante who enjoys toying with the love (and sex) lives of her fellow high school students. Sebastian soon finds himself smitten with the adorably naive Danielle, daughter of his high school headmaster, and sets about winning her heart. But Katherine's duplicity may result in his downfall as she slyly positions herself between Sebastian and his newfound love, offering dual temptations of sex and power. Originally filmed as the prospective pilot for a television series that never materialized.
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Revenge is sweet and sexy.
School's never been more captivating - or challenging - than when a pair of unscrupulous siblings set out to teach each other a lesson in this provocative textbook on deception, temptation and revenge.
When the roguish Sebastian (Robin Dunne, TV's "Dawson's Creek," The Big Hit) reunites with his wicked stepsister Kathryn (Amy Adams, Drop Dead Gorgeous) in their grand new townhome in New York, he plans to put his past behind him and become a one-woman man. Especially after meeting the stunningly innocent Danielle (Sarah Thompson, The Ice Storm), the daughter of Manchester Prep's Headmaseter. But after being crossed by Sebastian, Kathryn plots to test the strength of the lovers' relationship by throwing a few curves - namely herself - at her step-brother. Can Sebastian resist Kathryn's ample charms and dedicate himself solely to educating the naïve Danielle in the ways of love? Everything is up for grabs, and nothing is what it seems in this deliciously tantalizing tale of corruption, domination and seduction.
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There's a reason you haven't heard of Cruel Intentions 2, a straight-to-video "sequel" to the seamy teen romp that had Ryan Phillippe baring his polished behind: it's twice as bad as the first one and is only worth a look to see just how embarrassingly trivial it can get. Writer-director Roger Kumble's original was no classic, but at least the game, nubile cast knew how to smack its lips--his follow-up (which, in tamer form, was to be the pilot for a proposed series called Manchester Prep) can't even pout properly. Phillippe's Sebastian character (here played by a bland, doughy Robin Dunne) is carted back out to be reintroduced to scheming stepsister Kathryn, enacted by a woefully unsexy Amy Adams (Sarah Michelle Gellar played Sebastian's ripe cousin in the first film). The two don't hit it off, and Sebastian--far more sentimental than his big-screen counterpart--immediately decides he's all for love, in the form of pristine deb Danielle (Sarah Thompson). It all amounts to a ponderously cartoonish nothing, and includes a twist ending that renders everything proceeding it completely incomprehensible. Kumble has the film spouting homilies on love and self-esteem, then randomly throws in bare breasts; it's like a horny Saved by the Bell, without the kick or pace of good camp. --Steve Wiecking, Amazon.com
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