American Psycho 2: All American Girl (2002)
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A criminology student murders her classmates to secure a coveted teaching assistant position.
The story
In 1993, Rachael Newman is a college student studying criminology at a Washington university. Aspiring to join the FBI, she is determined to obtain a teaching assistant position under Professor Starkman. After her application is rudely dismissed by a secretary, Rachael begins a violent spree, murdering anyone she perceives as competition for the position. As she continues her killing spree, she seeks out the school psychiatrist, Dr. Eric Daniels, who begins to realize that Rachael is a textbook sociopath obsessed with her professor.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In early 1988, a twelve-year-old girl kills serial killer Patrick Bateman with an ice pick after he attacks her babysitter. In 1993, the girl, now Rachael Newman, studies criminology at a Washington university. Seeking a teaching assistant position under Professor Starkman, she murders the secretary who rejected her and begins killing classmates. She murders Brian Leads, Cassandra Blaire (staging it as a suicide), and Keith Lawson. Dr. Eric Daniels, the school psychiatrist, tries to warn Starkman about Rachael but is mistaken for identifying Cassandra. Rachael eventually murders Starkman after he recognizes her wearing Cassandra's jewelry. Later, it is revealed that 'Rachael' is an imposter who killed the real Rachael at the start of the semester and assumed her identity. After a car chase ends in an explosion, the imposter is presumed dead. Two years later, Dr. Daniels gives a lecture on Rachael, only to find her alive. She reveals she killed Starkman's last assistant, Elizabeth McGuire, and stole her identity to enter the FBI Academy. It is revealed the body in the car was the real Rachael, kept in the killer's closet.
- First release year
- 2002
- Runtime (minutes)
- 88
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Morgan J. Freeman
- Writers
- Alex Sanger · screenplay; Karen Craig · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Mila Kunis · Rachael Newman; William Shatner
- Genres
- black comedy; slasher; horror; thriller; comedy
- Themes
- sociopathy; identity theft; academic scandal; obsession
- Tone and mood
- black comedy; horror; campy; dark
- Setting
- A university in Washington during the 1980s and 1990s.
- Premise and plot tags
- slasher; sequel; crime; revenge; teen
- Source material / true-story basis
- The Girl Who Wouldn't Die
- Franchise connections
- American Psycho
- Content notes
- murder
- Reception
- The film was panned by critics and denounced by the author of the original novel. It was described as 'unscary and unfunny' and a 'stuck pig of a movie' by some reviewers, though it received a retrospective defense as a 'strange, entertaining and surprising little film.'
- Production trivia
- Mila Kunis later expressed regret for her role in the film.; The film was intended for a theatrical release but was released direct-to-video.
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