CRUEL INTENTIONS 3

US, 2004, 83 minutes, Colour.

Kerr Smith, Christina Anapau, Nathan J Wetherington, Melissa Yvonne Lewis, Natalie Ramsey, Tom Parker.

Directed by Scott Ziehl.

The Sony site synopsis:

Meet Cassie (Kristina Anapau, Cursed), Jason (Nathan Wetherington, 'the It Factor ) and Patrick (Kerr Smith, The Forsaken), three amoral college students who, through a series of sexual wagers, take malicious pleasure in ruining the lives of their fellow classmates. Bored with such easy prey, Jason and Patrick agree to one final bet, a winner-take-all game of seduction and revenge, where Cassie is the grand prize and the loser is imprisoned for life.

This is an ugly film with glamorous -looking characters. It takes up the theme of manipulation, bets, sexual predators, based on the classic Les Liaisons Dangereuses, adapted many times but, especially, in 1999 with younger characters, as Cruel Intentions.

The core of the ugliness of the film is seeing young adults, with so much potential for their lives, caught up in this kind of sexual manipulation and exploitation.