Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)

Directed by

Roger Kumble

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, teen film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

R

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 440 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A prequel set before the first film shows how two wealthy step-siblings use sex and scheming to control their new private school. The story was originally a TV pilot but was reedited into a movie.

snarkydramaticmanipulativeteen-focusedcalculatingsoapyunsettling

What happens

Cruel Intentions 2 (also known as Cruel Intentions 2: Manchester Prep) is a 2000 American direct-to-video teen drama film written and directed by Roger Kumble. It is a prequel to Cruel Intentions (1999), and the second installment in the Cruel Intentions franchise. It stars Robin Dunne, Sarah Thompson, Keri Lynn Pratt, and Amy Adams. The film was originally planned as a television series called Manchester Prep, and was given a 13 episodes straight-to-series order by Fox in 1999. Following conflicts between Columbia TriStar Television and the network, it was canceled during filming with only two episodes already finished. The project was moved to the studio's home entertainment division, and the two episodes were edited together into a film, with additional scenes being filmed to change it to a prequel to the first film, to close the story and add scenes involving sexual content and nudity. Some subplots and supporting characters were also cut for the film version. It was the first attempt to adapt the franchise as a television series, and was later followed by a television pilot for a continuation of the first film's storyline that was ultimately passed on by NBC, while a third project was given a series order at Amazon Prime Video and premiered in November 2024, but was canceled after one season. Cruel Intentions 2 was released by Columbia TriStar Home Video in the United States on March 13, 2001, and received negative reviews from critics. It was followed by another direct-to-video film, Cruel Intentions 3, in 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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