WILD ORCHID 2: TWO SHADES OF BLUE
A film review by Ken Johnson
Copyright 1992 Ken Johnson
111 min., not rated, Drama, 1992 Director: Zalman King Cast: Wendy Hughes, Tom Skerritt, Robert Davi, Brent Fraser, Nina Siemaszko, Christopher McDonald, Joe Dallesandro, Casey Sander, Stafford Morgan, Don Bloomfield, Lydie Denier
Nina Siemaszko's father Tom Skerritt, an avid drug user, dies. Siemaszko ends up working at a whorehouse. Robert Davi, who does odd jobs at a whorehouse, gets interested in Siemaszko. Siemaszko sees a high school boy who she is interested in, but she doesn't know how to tell him what her profession is.
WILD ORCHID 2: TWO SHADES OF BLUE is the latest film by erotic film maker Zalman King, who's past films include WILD ORCHID and TWO MOON JUNCTION. WILD ORCHID 2 is not really a sequel to WILD ORCHID, in fact it has nothing to do with WILD ORCHID. The only thing that links the film together at all is the fact that Zalman King directed both. I enjoyed WILD ORCHID, but I hated WILD ORCHID 2. Everything that WILD ORCHID had, this didn't. WILD ORCHID 2: TWO SHADES OF BLUE is also available in a less explicit R rated version. On a scale of zero to five, I give WILD ORCHID 2 a one. WILD ORCHID 2 is unrated and contains female nudity, explicit language, strong sexual content, and adult situations.
The one thing that keeps WILD ORCHID 2 from being a total waste is that its cast is excellent. Tom Skerritt, who gets top billing, is only on the screen for about fifteen minutes. Unfortunately the story isn't up to the original, in fact it is far from it. In WILD ORCHID, I found the story interesting (as well as erotic). WILD ORCHID 2 skips the interesting and just tries to be erotic, where it fails miserably. My suggestion is to skip this film and rewatch WILD ORCHID. The story, such as it is, is muddled and not everything is explained. Things that happen don't always make sense and are often confusing. This film seems to have no real reason for existing, and I am not quite sure why it ever was made.
Ken J. blj@mithrandir.cs.unh.edu
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