28/50
This would mark the third attempt at a television series based on the world of Cruel Intentions (1999)
Line of Events
After a bullying incident at their elite college, step-siblings Caroline and Lucien set out to maintain their power and reputation by seducing the daughter of the Vice President of the United States. The direct-to-video sequel Cruel Intentions 2 (2000), with Amy Adams replacing Sarah Michelle Gellar as Catherine Merteuil, was originally a scripted television series before being adapted into a feature film.
Cruel Intentions (1999) followed
Gellar would later reprise her role as Catherine in 2016 for the NBC pilot Cruel Intentions (2016), which was not ordered to series. As someone who loved the original movie, I had a really hard time watching it at first as I was constantly comparing the characters to the ones from the movie, after a few episodes I was about to stop comparing as in my opinion this is not a remake but a new series.
completely with "similarities"
The characters have different names etc. The character I really struggled with in the beginning was Lucian.
However, with the last episode he became my favorite
Even after accepting that this is not a remake I couldn’t warm up to his character at all. My advice is don’t compare – if you do you will be really disappointed.