Cruel Intentions 2 (2000) (V)

Director:

Roger Kumble

Writer:

Roger Kumble (written by)

Release Date:

13 March 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Tagline:

Seduce and Destroy.

Plot:

This takes place several years before the malicious movie (starring Sarah Michelle Gellar), back to when Kathryn first meets Sebastian, their sexual attraction to each other and their enjoyment in destroying the lives of their peers.

Plot Keywords:

Prep School | Direct To Video | Classroom | Seduction | Playing Piano

Cast

Robin Dunne	...	Sebastian Valmont
Sarah Thompson	...	Danielle Sherman
Keri Lynn Pratt	...	Cherie Claymon
Amy Adams	...	Kathryn Merteuil
Barry Flatman	...	Headmaster Sherman
Mimi Rogers	...	Tiffany Merteuil
Teresa Hill	...	Lilly
Barclay Hope	...	Mr. Felder
Tane McClure	...	Bunny Claymon
David McIlwraith	...	Edward Valmont
Jonathan Potts	...	Assistant Headmaster Steve Muller
Caley Wilson	...	Blaine Tuttle
Deanna Wright	...	Penny Cartwright
Clement von Franckenstein	...	Henry (as Clement Von Franckenstein)
Shuko Akune	...	Min Lin

Also Known As:

Cruel Intentions 2: Manchester Prep (USA) (trailer title)
Manchester Prep (USA) (TV title)
Naughty (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content involving teens, and for language.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Germany:16 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Brazil:18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Columbia TriStar Television

Trivia:

In order to change the storyline from its original structure, several characters got their names changed with the help of dubbing techniques. For instance, Danielle Sherman was originally named "Annette Hargrove", and Cherie Claymon was originally named "Cecile Caldwell".

Goofs:

Continuity: After school, on Sebastian's first day, he is talking to Danielle outside when Kathryn pulls up in the limo. She puts down the window and talks to Sebastian and then rolls the window back up. A few minutes later in the scene you clearly hear Kathryn say "get in" - despite the car window being up.

Quotes:

Danielle: [annoyed] God, why does everything have to be about money?
Cherie Claymon: [laughing] 'Cause it's cool!

Movie Connections:

References "M*A*S*H" (1972)

Soundtrack:

All Reved Up

Backstory is better than the film...

To understand how this film came to be, you first should know the backstory. In 1999, Fox bought a pilot TV show called Manchester Prep, a "reimagined" prequel to the film Cruel Intentions. It had all the same characters as the film and spread a fairly similar plot over the 22 episode arc. The film's producing and directing team oversaw creation of the TV show and production began. '99 was a decent year for TV and one of the gems was a show called Popular. Popular turned out to be....well, popular and Manchester Prep was canceled before it ever aired it's pilot. The first few episodes were already shot, so it was repackaged with a few re-shoots and rewrites (and some gratuitous nudity) into the form of Cruel Intentions 2.

The tonal changes throughout the film and different stylistic changes that plague the film are due to the segments of the TV episodes having been shot by different directors and then roughly tied together with reshoots by another director for the movie version. The film takes on a "pulp" feel as it plays on the inside jokes from the original film (which was designed to set up a connection between the show and the film as time progressed) and panders to the innuendos of the film in the lowest exploitative ways possible.

If you look hard enough you will find its connection to the first film, however viewing Cruel Intentions 2 before the original will likely dissuade you from viewing the original as this one lacks the sophistication and charisma of the original.