Plot summary (with possible spoilers): Brittany Havers (played by Susan Ward) is a high school senior on the verge of inheriting about $70 million after her stepfather Niles (Anthony John Denison) dies in a plane crash. There are no other heirs — or so she thinks. Before the money transfer can take place, Maya (Leila Arcieri), a classmate, comes forward claiming to be Niles’ illegitimate daughter. A DNA test is ordered, and coroner Julian Hayes (Joe Michael Burke) confirms that Maya and Niles were indeed father and daughter. Brittany throws a fit in court — but that was obviously just for show. Later that night, she, Maya, and Julian all gather to celebrate the ruling.
The three conspirators think they are home free, but that’s when insurance investigator Terence Bridge (Isaiah Washington) starts nosing around. His insurance company stands to lose $2 million because of the crash, so he wants to make sure that everything about the “accident” was aboveboard before writing the check. He starts asking questions that even the cops hasn’t bothered with, and gets suspicious of Brittany, Maya, and Julian. Before long, he starts following them and figures out that they were all in on the scam together.
Bridge arrives at one of the trio’s rendezvous points just in time to see Brittany shoot Julian. Instead of going to the cops, he tries to turn the event into a big payday for himself. He confronts Maya and Brittany and demands to be cut in on the $70 million. Maya agrees, but Brittany doesn’t. Brittany then shoots Maya, and demands that Bridge help her dispose of the body. While driving to a dump site, Brittany casually leaves the car after noticing a police cruiser behind their vehicle. She then phones in an anonymous tip about the car Bridge is still driving, which leads to his arrest once the cops find Maya’s body in the trunk.
Brittany is then home free to share the money with — Niles, whose death has been faked in an elaborate scheme to elude creditors and skip out on gambling losses. The two are headed somewhere tropical, intending to ditch Brittany’s plane and make it look like she died too. The plan is to parachute to safety, but Brittany hands Niles a chute packed with newspapers so that he plunges to his death. Brittany then goes on to meet her real partner in crime, her mother.
Liked:
Nothing. I try very hard to come up with at least one thing I like about each movie I watch, but it’s impossible with this title. I can totally see why the film went straight to DVD.
Disliked:
I hate that this was called Wild Things 2. There wasn’t any real connection to the first movie; the title just gave the filmmakers the right to rip off the plot and twists from the original. The murder, cover-up, conspiracy, threesome, double-cross… it was all rehashed, just with different characters.
Wow, did the threesome scene have to go on for a full two minutes?? That’s an eternity in movie time. Obviously this was meant to be a big selling point for the teenage boys likely to rent or buy this film.
The dialogue was extremely clunky throughout. Most of the words probably looked good on paper, but sounded very awkward in spoken form. I’m not gonna go look up the screenwriter, but I’d be willing to bet this was his/her first or second try. This was definitely not the work of a seasoned pro.
Speaking of the screenplay, the way this movie unfolded, I could practically see the storyboard right there on my TV. The whole thing felt incredibly formulaic, even with the “unexpected” twists thrown in.
I know the last thing I should expect from a film like this is any kind of realism, but come on: there’s no way Brittany and her mom could have anticipated every single move that every character made. The simplest plans are the ones that work best. The overly elaborate ones with multiple layers are the ones where screw-ups happen. There’s no way this should have worked.
Rating:
I’m not sure what possessed me to rent Wild Things 2, but I can admit mistakes when I make them. This was a terrible film with only one redeeming quality: its relatively short run time. That’s the only thing preventing me from giving it 0 stars. The characters are flat and uninteresting, the plot is ludicrous, and the outcome a foregone conclusion. I give it 1 star out of 5.
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