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Despite its inevitable fate as a critically reviled box-office flop,Basic Instinct 2sure has a funny way of holding your attention. It's not just Sharon Stone's trash-talk and occasional nudity that keeps you watching, but also the way she gamely earns every cent of her $14 million paycheck, vamping like a real pro in her second outing as mystery novelist and alleged serial killer Catherine Tramell. Now living in London, Catherine sets her lethal sights on Michael Glass (David Morrissey), the control-freak psychiatrist assigned to evaluate her as a risk-addicted suspect in the "accidental" killing of a star soccer player. Turns out Catherine's just getting started (or is she?), and that's bad news for Glass's ex-wife, a tabloid journalist, and the Scotland Yard detective (David Thewlis) who's desperate to put Catherine in jail. With plenty of sex, murder and salacious dialogue,BI2is certainly never boring, especially with the morbid fascination of seeing the once formidable Stone torpedo her career in a sequel that took 14 years (and countless drafts of screenplays and at least one high-profile lawsuit) to bring to the screen. She's still impressively hot at age 47, prompting critic Roger Ebert to observe, "the Catherine Tramell role cannot be played well, but Sharon Stone can play it badly better than any other actress alive." So, while this ill-fated sequel falls just short of being a guilty pleasure (if only because Morrissey is no match for Michael Douglas in the 1992 original), it's enjoyably absurd and slickly produced, and the hot-tub scene is guaranteed to wear out the freeze-frame function on a lot of DVD players. For some viewers, that's reason enough for multiple viewings.--Jeff Shannon
what an utterly trashy movie Don't waste your money on this trash. I bought the DVD and what a waste of money this movie is. All it is Sharon Stone trying to prove that she was as good looking as she was years ago and to see see how much sex can be put on the screen.
Do you Smell Blood? Basic Instinct 2 has proved to be a wonderful sequel. Maybe I am a better movie watcher than I was 20 years ago. Having heard not so great reviews from this film, I decided to take a shot and I decided to see it with my own eyes. I was impressed.
We have a totally re-invented Catherine Tramell, played by smoldering gorgeous Sharon Stone. Catherine has evolved. She's grown into a far more sinister character that you end up adoring only because she is so vulnerable. Yes, vulnerable.
David Morrissey, a sultry Liam Neeson wannabe, plays Dr. Michael Glass, Catherine next victim..er...excuse me...psychiatrist.
There is a series of murderers. This isn't San Francisco, folks. This is Scotland Yard, trying to find a logical explanation to the most gruesome crimes. Yes, there is sex. Ah, plenty of it! Yet, not unnecessary.
Stone and Morrissey are joined by a state-of-the-art cast which includes a magnificent Charlotte Rampling at her best and Indian actress Indira Varma, playing Dr. Glass' first wife, Denise. Her role is small but she delivers. As usual.
If you watch this film, do not compare to the first. This one stands by itself.
Watch it with a date if you dare...
Leave the ice pick home...LOL!!
Should be re titled "Basically It Stinks" This is a boring time waster and also, Sharone Stone should have gotten naked more. This movie would have been way better if let's say halfway through the movie it turns out that Sharon Stone's character is actually an alien from outer space. Then all of a sudden she rips her face off and she has a real hideous face with an ugly frown, fangs,and red glowing eyes. Suddenly huge tentacles come out of her and she starts destroying cars and buildings. She then breathes fire and kills the entire cast of the film just before entering her spacecraft to fly away into outer space. As she is flying her space-ship, Abe Vigoda see's her trying to escape and he pulls out a bazooka and fires. It is a dead on hit with a huge explosion raining debris all over London. The film then ends and they roll the credits to the music of Boxcar Willie. Any Thoughts?
