| Cruel Intentions 3 | |
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| Directed by | Scott Ziehl |
| Produced by | Christopher Ball Neal H. Moritz |
| Written by | Rhett Reese |
| Starring | Kerr Smith Kristina Anapau Nathan Wetherington Melissa Yvonne Lewis Tom Parker |
| Music by | David Reynolds |
| Cinematography | Thomas L. Calloway |
| Editing by | Alan Cody |
| Studio | Newmarket Capital Group |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 25, 2004 |
| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cruel Intentions 3 is a 2004 American teen drama film directed by Scott Ziehl and released direct-to-video in 2004. Despite its name, the movie has almost no relation to the previous films in the series, except for the shared themes and the lead character in this film, Cassidy Merteuil, who is a cousin of one the characters from the first movie, Kathryn Merteuil.
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This film once again portrays seduction and betrayal among the teenaged idle rich. Cassidy Merteuil (Kristina Anapau) is a beautiful, manipulative student at an exclusive Santa Barbara college. Jason Argyle (Kerr Smith) and Patrick Bates (Nathan Wetherington) are roommates there. After they pull off a devious plan to bed Cassidy, she encourages them to compete against each other. Jason has to seduce Sheila (Natalie Ramsey), who is in a steady relationship with Michael (Tom Parker), and Patrick has to seduce Alison (Melissa Yvonne Lewis), who is already engaged.
After Jason succeeds in his part, Patrick blackmails Alison using photos of her cheating on her boyfriend and rapes her to fulfill his part of the bet. Jason and Cassidy strike up a relationship as Patrick is left unsatisfied and angry. He attempts to seduce Cassidy, but she rejects him. So he convinces Cassidy that the man she loves, Jason, is only staying with her because he wants to win the bet with Patrick that they had set, which was to see who could sleep with Cassidy first.
Seemingly angry with Jason, she succumbs to Patrick, and Jason walks in on them. Patrick snidely remarks that both Jason and Cassidy have been victims of his cruel game to show them that they underestimated the evil in themselves. They ask him if he has ever been a victim and he tells them no, but Cassidy reveals that this had been her plan all along. She began the little charade so Patrick and Jason would seduce Alison and Sheila; before sleeping with Patrick, she took one of his sleeping pills, planning to tell the policemen that he had drugged and raped her. As Patrick is led away by the police, bewildered and protesting his innocence, he is warned that another victim has come forward, and he will get the punishment he deserves for raping Alison.
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