Pepsiguy80’s Blog

Synopsis

In the game of seduction, there is only one rule: Never fall in love with anyone.

Review

In this remake of Dangerous Liasions (1988), Cruel Intentions puts all of the young, talented stars together for a blockbuster movie.  Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Sean Patrick Thomas, Tara Reid and Joshua Jackson headline a blockbuster cast and make a dynomite movie.

Kathryn bets her brother that he can’t bag the virgin Annette, despite all of his conquests of sleeping with anyone he desires.  There are many other subplots and twisted things that make up this movie, but that is the major plot line.  I have to give props to the writers of the screen play and the director, they did a great job showing that young people of this day and age aren’t all drug toting burnouts but good people that can be intellegent and articulate… and also manipulate anyone to get what they want.

They maybe rich, but they are down and dirty trying to show each other up and destroy each other’s lives.  Intellegent, smart and sassy, this movie puts everything on the line and delivers.  The cast is great, the acting is top notch and it really shows off the talent of the younger generation of actors.

I loved this movie so much, back in the days of VHS, I paid over $40 canadian to get his movie when it was first released… and watched it over and over again.  This is one of those movies you can watch again and again… so miss so much on the first watch… you need to watch it over to get everything.

The score or soundtrack is also awesome.  It includes tracks like Bittersweet Symphony  (The Verve) and Every Me and Every You (Placebo) that make this soundtrack one to own!

Of course the sequels sucked (Cruel Intentions 2 [prequel] and Cruel Intentions 3) but who wouldn’t try and cash in on the original’s $$$$? Cruel Intentions is a classic of my time, it is a great watch over and over again.

Happy Watching!