Two very awesome initial blindsides, then this film started to get too "clever" for its own good and of course to its own detriment. That put together with somewhat slow interludes had me giving this film 5/10, then 7/10, until I landed on 6/10.
In like 15 minutes, Wild Things devalued the amazing impact the initial twists had, by including several others, one after the next, until it became what we now expect from it. In 15 minutes, it destroyed well constructed illusions into cliches.
Also, towards the end, in the hot pursuit and dedication to deconstruct it's own impressive work, Wild Things started to get a bit messy as well. Everything was now becoming a reveal, and not really a story. However, I don't mind that they cut back to how all of this started to begin with, though, truthfully, it wasn't all that necessary, in fact, though I didn't mind it, I feel it actually took away from whatever mystery was left.
P.S. Denise Richards was of course annoyingly hot, and Neve Campbell was charming as usual.
In like 15 minutes, Wild Things devalued the amazing impact the initial twists had, by including several others, one after the next, until it became what we now expect from it. In 15 minutes, it destroyed well constructed illusions into cliches.
Also, towards the end, in the hot pursuit and dedication to deconstruct it's own impressive work, Wild Things started to get a bit messy as well. Everything was now becoming a reveal, and not really a story. However, I don't mind that they cut back to how all of this started to begin with, though, truthfully, it wasn't all that necessary, in fact, though I didn't mind it, I feel it actually took away from whatever mystery was left.
P.S. Denise Richards was of course annoyingly hot, and Neve Campbell was charming as usual.