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Cruel Intentions (1999) was a masterpiece, one of those unexpected movies that comes along and truly blows you away. A modern adaptation of Les liaisons dangereuses it was spellbinding, but certainly a standalone film.

But Hollywood executives disagreed and decided to milk it with not one but two more films.

The second followed some of the same characters but recast and with a dreadful cashgrab story. This is a separate movie with nothing to do with the original material and is more a thriller with loosely similiar themes.

Starring Dawsons Creek/Final Destination star Kerr Smith it tells the story of two men who engage in bets that involve seducing and sleeping with women. Of course you have the female equivalent in there for good measure and plenty of twists and turns.

The twists however are very predictible and the "Turns" lack the intelligence or originality of the first movie.

Is this better than the second? Absolutely! But it's yet another cashgrab sequel that simply should never have been made.

The Good:

Has its moments

The Bad:

Not as clever as it thinks it is

Simply shouldn't exist

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

If I tried half the stuff in this film that they did I'd be arrested

Cruel Intentions 1...then 2....then came three! I was surprised that they released a sequel to Manchester prep, which I didn't enjoy much due to the fact that it was only in the END of the film that we get shocked, this movie shocked me at least 4 times, I guess because the plot caught me off guard (many times), but in this case the ending part wasn't as spontaneous as part II. At the first part of this film, you might get annoyed at the so called tackiness and predictability of the characters, it might even come across as boring, but when you get to the middle of it you might be shocked as the twist of their schemes goes further insane. However there are more nude scenes in this movie that could've been more subtle. Overall I give this film a B- for good entertainment and good delivery!

The movie was average, could be far better if it had more sexy scenes and a little more nudity, had a good story, but it was a somewhat underdeveloped and Melissa Yvonne Lewis as Alison really didn't convince as the young and naive girl, she could be replaced by a more talented and good looking actress.

Unlike the 2nd movie which was annoying to say the least, this one had fewer exaggerations.

Kristina Anapau did a good job, but they could have a few more sexy scenes, other than just display her in a bikini all the time.

Definitely an Average movie, not a bad one, and hardly an erotic one.

6/10

OK, i watched this movie yesterday hoping that it would be a better sequel then 'Manchester Prep' turned out to be. unfortunately i was horribly wrong, this film had little to no link with the original film other than Cassidy being Kathryn's cousin. unlike the first film, which i was a huge fan of, this one lacks any kind of storyline. the idea of a wager is thrown in for good measure but as an actual story it is a jumble and this film simply played on the sad male obsession with breasts and featured many sex scenes which offered nothing to the film. after the first film's excellent storyline and scheming this sequel falls way short. bad acting and badly written, much like 'Cruel Intentions 2' this one was a film full of copying though not as blatant as the copying in '2' it is still there. very poor film.

Seeing as how beloved the original Cruel Intentions was, the studios decided in making a follow up the year after (2000) then several years later made Cruel Intentions 3.

Now Cruel Intentions 3 doesn't have much connection to the original (although they slip in slight references to Sebastian and Kathryn), which is for the better. Perhaps had this film been a complete stand alone film with zero connection to the original, it would be more well received and more liked.

The acting isn't bad, and the characters are interesting enough. A good thing is they made the characters college aged as they all look well of age.

The main problem is this film feels much more like a teen soap opera sitcom where it becomes predictable. Slightly confusing and at times boring going from one scheme to another. The end twist (not so much a twist) played out how we'd expect.

I'm not sure why but I was just curious where they were taking the story of Cruel Intentions. Now if you haven't seen the first Cruel Intentions, I highly recommend it. Cruel Intentions 3 had a very good plot that could have worked and been a worthy sequel, but the way they went at it was all wrong. I wasn't impressed with how unrealistic it was with all these incredibly gorgeous and naive people around, I wasn't even sure if they were in high school or college since some of the students were engaged. It was just weird and unrealistic to me or well explained.

Cassidy and Jason are the new Katherine and Sebastian sort of speak. They are very much in love with each other but have a hate relationship as well, they play with each other constantly. Jason goes as far as to involve his new friend Patrick to play Katherine. But their intentions go cruel when they compete for taken ladies and who can do it first. Then they go for Cassidy in the ultimate bet of all and see who is the ultimate smooth operator.

Cruel Intentions 3, at least to me, was also very predictable, for me the ending wasn't that big of a shock. But I do like the plot a little bit, like I said, it had very good potential. Just unfortunately, the actors ruined it for me, not to mention how it was made, it just could have been better. But if you wanna check it out, I wouldn't stop you, just because I think it's best you judge for yourself on this film, if you're a Dawson's Creek fan, I think you just might like it.

3/10

I knew that I should have stopped after the first movie but I couldn't resist because of my curiosity.

Cruel Intentions 3 did not offer anything new, it just shows us the same old story for the third time. The characters in this movie do not seem authentic at all, everything is just plain dumb. I guess that young teenagers will perhaps find it entertaining because of their curiosity to the sexual subjects and all, but its simply a waste of life to watch this movie all the way through if you're just a little bit matured.

I really hope that they will stop making more movies in this series, the story is worn out and not at all interesting anymore.

First off, if you're expecting stellar, Academy Awards type material, then you should never, ever give this DVD a second look at your local Walmart. Better yet, you shouldn't even be reading the reviews for this movie in the first place.

I mean really, it's Cruel Intentions 3. We know what this is all about - the petty betting matches between sex-crazed, wealthy teens/young adults with obviously too much time on their hands. It's a soppy, cliché-filled teen drama. What do you expect? The original Cruel Intentions wasn't great because of its airtight script or ingenious plot either, let me tell you. It was great because it had an exceptionally great cast for this genre. Do you honestly believe it would have been the hit it was without Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Christine Baranski, Louise Fletcher, etc? So that's where we are with Cruel Intentions 3. Same old plot, just without the stellar cast. So, what do you get? A fun, playful, knotty, and even down right mean-spirited movie all in one. And I hate to say it, but it's not nearly as bad as it could have been.

The beautiful and relatively unknown Kristina Anapau does well as Cassidy Merteuil, cousin to Gellar's character in the original Cruel Intentions. The other actors are not worth mentioning, but do about as best a job as can be expected for this genre.

As I said before, if you want Oscar material, pass this by, but if you're just bored and want a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, or you're a fan of the franchise, it's worth a look. I would have given it 5 stars, but because this film didn't add anything fresh over the original, it loses a point for lack of originality.

OK so it's not as good as the original. But no one can ever really expect that of a sequel. But at least it beats Manchester Prep by FAR.

Although not as smooth and intelligent as the original, it has a couple of amazing plot twists and is truly evil at points - a guilty pleasure to watch. Not only that but at one point we find whats happened to Kathryn since the first one ;) Some of the characters are amazingly unrealistic, but whether thats a bad or a good thing you have to make your own mind up. Cassidy (Kristina Anapau) is deliciously cruel and manipulative almost up to par with her cousin.

Brilliant teen trash. If you're much older probably not going to appeal and if you're much younger you're parents won't let you watch!

Cruel Intentions soon became a trilogy. We had Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon in the beginning. That soon evolved in to a very bad copy cat - Cruel Intentions 2: Manchester Prep, with Sarah Thompson, Robin Dunne, Amy Adams, Keri Lynn Pratt and Mimi Rogers. And then we had - Cruel Intentions 3.

The third instalment of the "Cruel Intentions" stars Kerr Smith, Kristina Anapau and Nathan J. Wetherington. When i watched this film when it first came out, I found it a great teenager film. The film boasts a nice soundtrack and some pretty good acting as well. And a really evil story plot, worth of being called "Cruel Intention". Bets, money, games, sex, rape, secrets - you name it. Cruel Intentions 3 oozes it all.

In a college in Santa Barbara, the amoral and evil students Cassidy Merteuil (Kristina Anapau), Jason Argyle (Kerr Smith) and Patrick Bales (Nathan J. Wetherington) play a wicked game: Jason tries to seduce Sheila Wright (Natalie Ramsey), the girlfriend of his friend Michael Cattrall (Tom Parker); Patrick tries to seduce Alison Lebray (Melissa Yvonne Lewis), who is engaged. Their final intent is just a destructive game and nothing else. Then they decide to bet who will go first with Cassidy to the bed for one dollar. "Cruel Intentions 3" is another amoral, mean and erotic tale, using the same concept of "Cruel Intentions" and "Cruel Intentions 2", but without Kathryn Merteuil, performed by Sarah Michelle Gellar and Amy Adams respectively. Cassidy has the same lack of character of the original Kathryn, and is a good substitute for the original character. Having many plot points and beautiful actresses evolved in erotic scenes, this forgettable movie is a good entertainment. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Segundas Intenções 3" ("Second Intentions 3")

just what i said, AN INSULT! Why bother making this?

It is just as bad as making a movie like the lion king 2...

WHY RUIN A CLASSIC BY MAKING A SEQUEL IF IT DOESN'T STAY TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL WITH AN EQUVALENT PLOT or cast of ACTORS??? i don't think there is any explanation same goes for CI2 The actors did clearly and definitely not have as much talent as those from the original film...they also appeared less intelligent. It was less a psychological thriller, and more a poor teen movie. OK, to give it credit there were a few good scenes, the problem is that the quality has receded so much since the original it appears that they are wasting their time IT IS A SHAME THAT FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES CAN RUIN A GOOD THING JUST FOR THE SAKE OF A FEW DOLLARS.

This film may be interpreted on multiple levels: a cheap low-budget T&A movie, a sloppy mystery in which no characters have any discernible motivation, a quickly-produced straight-to-DVD flick designed to initiate teeny bopper into popular conceptions of sex, or a combination thereof. Even so, I believe that Wittgenstein would suggest that the point of the film is an ethical one: for the Ethical is delimited from within, as it were by this movie; and I'm convinced that, strictly speaking, it can ONLY be delimited in this way. In brief, I think: All of that which many are babbling this movie has analyzed merely by remaining silent about it. Think of the following use of language: Cassidy Merteuil (played wantonly by Anapau) sends Jason Argyle (an apathetic Kerr Smith) shopping. Merteuil gives him a slip marked 'five red apples'. He takes the slip to the Michael Cattrall (brilliant portrayed by Tom Parker), who opens the drawer marked 'apples', then he looks up the word 'red' in a table and finds a color sample opposite it; then he says the series of cardinal numbers— Merteuil assumes that he knows them by heart—up to the word 'five' and for each number he takes an apple of the same color as the sample out of the drawer.—It is in this and similar ways that one operates with words—"But how does he know where and how he is to look up the word 'red' and what he is to do with the word 'five'?" Well, I assume that he 'acts' as I have described. Explanations come to an end somewhere.—But what is the meaning of the word 'five'? No such thing was in question here, only how the word 'five' is used.

Just finished watching Cruel Intentions 3 (2004) and it is just as pointless as Cruel Intentions 2 (2000) was.

Positives for Cruel Intentions 3 (2004): Kerr Smith from Dawson's Creek, Final Destination and My Bloody Valentine 3D is in this movie. That's all I got for positives.

Negatives for Cruel Intentions 3 (2004): Similar to Cruel Intentions 2 (2000), this movie feels like a spec script for a generic teen drama movie where the executives changed the background of the movie's main protagonist to make some sort of a connection to the original Cruel Intentions. If you changed that single detail, you would still have the same boring teen drama movie. The acting in this movie is embarrassingly awful from everyone. The shenanigans with these characters are so dull that you will lose interest immediately. And finally, this movie is just forgettable and I literally just watched it an hour ago.

Overall, Cruel Intentions 3 (2004) is another awful cheap attempt to create a franchise to a movie that didn't need to be a franchise in the first place and with this new TV Series coming out later this month, it's just getting sad.

Cruel Intentions 3 is much better than the 2nd. It can't, however, top the first one, but it does come close. The original Cruel Intentions will always be the best one. The second would have been better if the original cast was in it, and maybe if a majority of the lines weren't from the original. The third movie has definitely got an interesting new plot. The cast also works better together than in the second one. The actors fit with each other and have a good chemistry on screen. This one should have been the sequel to the original. It is worth seeing.

Starring Kerr Smith and Kristina Anapau, 'Cruel Intentions 3' was a very entertaining movie for those who like to play cruel jokes to friends.

A trio of amoral students (Kerr, Kristina and Nathan Wetherington) at an upper-crust college, delight in using sex and betrayal to manipulate the lives of their fellow classmates.

Great acting performance by Nathan Wetherington as supporting male actor and good Directing by Scott Ziehl.

While the 1st Cruel Intentions was the best one of all, the 3rd incarnation is nothing to Sneeze at.

Recommended mainly for the 15-30 crowd and 30+ with cruel minds.

Cruel Intentions 3 (2004)

This actually stand alone movie in the series.

The only connection to the first movie Cassidy Merteuil, is actually cousin is Kathryn from first two movies.

Evil sure runs in the family.

There are 3 main cast members in this movie, throughout the whole , they are fooling one and another.

With some bets, you may think one thing goes one way but then twist in the story, it won't really shock you, as there are too may turns and trick with all 3.

One person takes think to far, I didn't not expect to see a rape scenes in this movie, thankfully it wasn't all that long and I didn't see much of it.

There are nasty people in this movie.

I thought decent and watch able movie

4 out of 10

Yes this is another one of those laughers where a 30something (Smith) tries to play a 20 year old college boy lothario. That is a time tested Hollywood tradition, and not unexpected in a movie of this caliber. What really tests any semblance of credibility is the 'college' itself. Trust me, there isn't a real college anywhere this side of an internet diploma mill that looks like this one. What you really have depicted here is one of those $2500.00 three day weekend seminars where art history majors and trust fund freelance photographers go to get a couple hours instruction in Photoshop tweaks on how to produce fine art prints with inkjets, or something along that line. Lots of time at the pool, plenty of time for sex games among the precocious Botox and Power Peel set, and one or two hangover busting workshops looking at digital slides.

The only sex scene really worth anything is when the Evil Nerd does a quick and nasty 'back seat' style hump on a cute blonde one night on the grass in the resort courtyard. A little bare tit shows up, and the blonde's orgasmic cries are slightly above porno grade.

The real standout, though, is the cinematography. Through careful photographic site selection, grimy and tawdry modern LA is distorted into a rather appealing collection of exotic faux Mediterranean and colonial California Mission locales where the vistas are always bathed in warm late afternoon sunglow or hidden among cool, seductive night shadows. This city hasn't looked this good since Jack and Faye explored it in 'Chinatown.' Or at least since the soap opera, 'Santa Barbara.'

Rent this only if you want to see LA presented the way the California Department of Tourism might want you to see it.