Basic Instinct 2 |  | Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Actors: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis, Stan Collymore, Neil Maskell
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  130 reviews
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Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D13878D
UPC: 043396138780
EAN: 0043396138780
ASIN: B000FS9UK8
Theatrical Release Date: March 31, 2006
Release Date: July 11, 2006
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Despite its inevitable fate as a critically reviled box-office flop, Basic Instinct 2 sure 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, BI2 is 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
Product Description
NOTORIOUS CRIME NOVELIST CATHERINE TRAMNELL IS BACK & SHE'S CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGIST DR MICHAEL GLASS' DEADLIEST CHALLENGE.WITH PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES BLURRED BY OBSESSION, DR GLASS ISLURED INTO A MURDEROUS WEB OF LIES & DECEIT & BEGINS A TORRID AFFAIR WITH TRAMELL THAT TAKES HIM TO THE POINT OF NO RETURN.
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 Basic Extinct February 9, 2010
Scott Rivers (Los Angeles, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As far as Belated Sequels go, "Basic Instinct 2" (2006) is an ice-picking disaster. The location shift from San Francisco to Swinging London sounds intriguing, but Sharon Stone's take-no-prisoners femme fatale has evolved into a self-parody. Coherence and logic take a back seat to the decadent stylistics. Judging by the poor box-office response, don't hold your breath for "Basic Instinct 3."
 Great buy! February 5, 2010
Jesse D. Munoz (Newark CA USA)
I messed up and bought this one and not #1, ended up being really good!
 Lame, yet strangely compelling January 6, 2010
Braden Pickering (Mesa, AZ)
Like any movie, Basic Instinct 2 has its pros and its cons, but because of the high camp factor of the film, it was pretty much branded as a disaster right from the start whether the critics had actually seen it or not. Granted, I just saw it for the first time some four years after its release, but having already heard the negative reviews I was bracing myself for a letdown. Plus I wasn't overly impressed with the first one, which generally is liked. But my first thought after turning it off was, "Well that wasn't so bad."
That's not to say this is Oscar winning material we're dealing with here, because like I said the over-the-top performances, especially Sharon Stone's, are almost parodies of the characters established in the first film. I honestly don't know how she said some of those hyper-sexual lines with a straight face. Plus the male lead, David Morrissey, was kind of a bore. Not as cheesy as Ms. Stone, but he lacked screen presence and was altogether "blah." Definitely not leading man material. I also felt the plot was thin and trying to stretch it over a full 2 hours was a little unnecessary. Especially since nothing does ever end up getting resolved in the end. Without getting specific, it sort of presents to you a number of scenarios that could have happened, and the viewer is left to decide for themselves how it plays out. Some people may like movies set up like that, but I personally find it irritating and a waste of time, and kind of a cop-out on the writers' part. The so-called deleted and uncut scenes are dull and have no bearing on the racy factor. Others have commented on the absence of a certain jacuzzi scene that is nowhere to be found, which even the back of the box says to watch out for. Hmmm...
And yet despite all this, oddly enough it held my attention overall. Maybe it was the anticipation of what silly thing would come out of Sharon Stone's mouth next, I don't know. But ultimately it was entertaining once for the novelty factor, though probably undeserving of repeat viewing. Even so, I feel strangely compelled to defend it as I can think of a hundred movies that deserved to be as universally panned as this one was but weren't, so I suppose it comes down to seeing it for yourself for any real insight. As long as you don't go into it preparing to take it seriously, you'll be fine.
 Basic Instinct 2 January 5, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
After re-locating from San Francisco to London, best-selling crime novelist Catherine Trammell once again finds herself on the wrong side of the law. Dr. Michael Glass, a respected London criminal psychiatrist, is brought in by Scotland Yard detective Roy Washburn to perform a psychiatrist profile and evaluation of Tramell following the mysterious death of a top sports star. The first one was so much better are they ever going to make a good sequel.
Oi ... This instinct really stinks November 18, 2009
MortensOrchid (Cleveland, OH)
I suppose that Sharon Stone agreed to do this because this was the role that made her a household name, if I were in her place I would have a special place in my heart for Catherine Trimmel, love her or hate her. I like Sharon Stone, as she's used her fame for good things outside of her acting career, which didn't pan out as successfully as one would have wanted with as much publicity as she has received, as her charity work and efforts speak volumes for her. But this movie was just plain bad.
It's 15 years later and Catherine has moved to London. Here she is up to her old tricks, and looking as buff and hard bodied as ever at age 47. She and a football player were in a strange car accident, she survived but the player drowned when the car they were in launched off a bridge and into the Thames. Catherine is being investigated by the police, and she sets her sights on her court appointed therapist, David Morrissey. It unfolds into a rather choppy story, as she continues to tease and mislead Morrissey. The adventures in San Francisco, her old stomping ground and setting for BII, are mentioned, but we never hear exactly what happened with her and Michael Douglas, which lingers in the back of viewers' minds. The bondage and S & M scenes are a bit on the comical side, and, quite honestly, there is little to nothing sexy about Morrissey. He's just lucky to be there. While the first time around we were rather fascinated by Catherine's sociopathic sex appeal, this time it's just not a novelty. She's evil, we've seen it before, it's just not going to work the second time around.
Maybe this movie would have been a good thing if it was recast and not named after the first movie. Otherwise, it's really, really lame. Watch it if you must, but don't expect miracles.
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