Wild things

Year of release : 1998

 

Run time : 1h44min

 

Genre : Thriller / Mystery

 

Cast : Neve Campbell, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Denise Richards, Bill Murray

 

 

Sam Lombardo is an attractive teacher who has the ladies and teenagers falling for him. He seems to be a nice guy, as he helps his students whenever they are in trouble.

 

Kelly is a beautiful high school student who seems to be attracted to him.

 

One day,after Sam agrees to let her and one of her friends wash his car for the school's Senior Car wash, she goes into his house soaking wet,and comes out with her clothes ripped off.

 

After skipping school,she tells her mother Sam rap3d her .

 

They go to trial,after another girl,a poor one, says she was r@ped too,quoting him in the same way.

 

On trial though, the poor girl, admits Kelly made her do it,to get her vengeance on Sam,as she was in love with him,since he dated her mother.

Proved innocent, Kelly's mother has to pay him 8 million and a half dollars for ruining his life,in a defamation lawsuit.

 

If you think this is the end of the story, this is where things get complicated,as there's more than meets the eye,and the leading characters are caught in a web of lies and deceit, the story having many twists and turns.

At the end of the movie you realize the bad guy is not whom you thought it was,and the ones who seemed to be the good guys were the bad guy,or playing everyone else in their private chess match.

 

The movie feels like an entertaining summer movie. It had beautiful colors, beautiful people, and good clothes. I even liked seeing the old phones.

 

The actors were all good.

 

I didn't like the soundtrack,as I felt in certain scenes it didn't match what was on the screen.

 

Viewer discretion is advised, as the movie contains nudity and mature language.

The movie is labeled as an erotic thriller, but it didn't feel that way to me.

It grossed 67.2 million dollars at the box office against a budget of 20 million.

 

The movie is 30 days free on Amazon Prime Video, 7 days free on Paramount+ and Paramount+ on AppleTv, and Paramount+ on the Roku Channel, and for rent / sale on Amazon, AppleTv, Fandango at Home.

 

Rating : Worth a watch !