Wild Things

A high school guidance counselor is framed for raping two of his students…or is he?

• Director: * John McNaughton
• Genre:Crime / Drama / Thriller
• Runtime:108 minutes

Cast

Kevin Bacon : Ray Duquette
Matt Dillon : Sam Lombardo
Neve Campbell : Suzie Toller
Theresa Russell : Sandra Van Ryan
Denise Richards : Kelly Van Ryan

Two female students—wealthy, popular Kelly Van Ryan (Denise Richards) and goth trailer dweller Suzie Toller (Neve Campbell)—accuse Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon), a high school guidance counselor, of rape. Sam employs a lawyer named Kenneth Bowden (Bill Murray). During the trial, Bowden causes Suzie to reveal that Sam did not rape her and that Kelly fabricated the charges because she was in love with him and angry he slept with her mother. The trial humiliates Van Ryan and her entire family, enabling Bowden and Lombardo to negotiate a large settlement ($8.5 million), which Sam seemingly uses to retire peacefully. Later, it is revealed that he, Suzie and Kelly planned the entire incident in order to gain the $8.5 million.

As police sergeant Ray Duquette (Kevin Bacon) becomes suspicious, Suzie becomes increasingly nervous and Sam worries that she will undermine their plan. Kelly and Suzie fight, with Kelly almost drowning Suzie, and then the two have passionate sex in the pool. Sam and Kelly take her to the seaside, where Sam murders Suzie with a wine bottle. In the investigation into Suzie’s disappearance, police find her blood and teeth by the ocean. Ray discovers that Sam is the killer and goes to Kelly’s house to protect Kelly from Sam. However, Kelly remains suspicious of Ray. In the confrontation between Kelly and Ray, both are shot, Kelly fatally. Ray reports to authorities that she fired at him first, and that he was forced to shoot back in self-defense. Ray is discharged from the police force following this incident, while Sam spends time at a tropical resort. Sam goes to his room and finds Ray there — Ray and Sam had been collaborating the whole time.

They later go cruising in Sam’s boat in the ocean, where Sam knocks Ray overboard. When Ray climbs back onboard, Suzie — alive and now with blonde hair—appears, armed with a speargun. Ray pleads to Sam for help, to which Sam retorts, “you should not have killed Kelly”, and Suzie shoots him with the speargun, killing him, and he falls into the water. As Sam relaxes, Suzie gives him a drink laced with poison before knocking him overboard. She sails the boat back to shore by herself. Read more

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