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Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

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Reviews Counted:147

Fresh:10

Rotten:137

Average Rating:3.1/10

Consensus: Unable to match the suspense and titilation of its predecessor, Basic Instinct 2 boasts a plot so ludicrous and predictable it borders on "so-bad-it's-good."

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong sexuality, nudity, violence, language and some drug content.

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Mar 31, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $5,851,188

Synopsis: In BASIC INSTINCT 2, a sequel to the 1992 original, Sharon Stone resumes the role that first made her famous. Beautiful American author Catherine Tramell (Stone) is living in London when she is... In BASIC INSTINCT 2, a sequel to the 1992 original, Sharon Stone resumes the role that first made her famous. Beautiful American author Catherine Tramell (Stone) is living in London when she is involved in a sexually charged car accident leading to the scandalous death of a famous British athlete. Raunchy and irreverent, Tramell likes to shock people with both her words and her actions. Dr. Michael Glass (David Morrissey), who is evaluating her for trial at the request of Det. Superintendent Roy Washburn (David Thewlis), is no exception. Just coming out of a divorce and facing the resurrection of an old situation that could ruin his career, Glass is slowly but surely sucked into Tramell's web when he takes her on as a private therapy client. Day by day Glass realizes that she has infiltrated more of his personal relationships, which also leads him to question why so many people in his circle are suffering questionable fates. Each time Glass is convinced that Tramell is guilty, she diverts suspicion in another direction. Does gossip magazine writer Adam Towers (Hugh Dancy) plan to reveal a deadly decision that Glass made in his past? Is Det. Washburn really the upstanding cop he appears to be? Is Glass's ex-wife, Denise (Indira Varma) trying to sabotage his career? The twists and turns in the plot keep everyone guessing in this psychological thriller, which is directed by Michael Caton-Jones (THIS BOY'S LIFE, THE JACKAL). [More]

Starring: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling, David Thewlis

Starring: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling, David Thewlis, Hugh Dancy, Indira Varma

Director: Michael Caton-Jones

Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Screenwriter: Henry Bean
Producer: Mario Kassar, Joel B. Michaels, Joe Eszterhas, Andrew G. Vagna, Mark Albela, Volker Shauz, Denise O'Dell
Composer: John Murphy
Studio: MGM/UA

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Silly, shock-pandering lines like that nearly sink the film to Showgirls level.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

In spite of Sharon Stone's hearty encore performance as the ultimate femme fatale, "Basic Instinct 2" falls unbearably flat.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
04/20/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
11/20/08
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com

jedan od rijetkih primjera kada je publika pokazala kako, za razliku od Hollywooda, ipak ima pojma o nekim stvarima

Full Review Source: Index.hr | comment Comment
06/21/07
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
Index.hr

Sadly, nothing following lives up to the prurient promise of this sequence, as the film becomes a monotonously talky, gloomy affair.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

Poor Sharon Stone. She's still big; it's the erotic thrillers that got small.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
01/27/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

...a script that is so full of cliche's that I actually knew the end of the film 10 minutes before it ended.

Full Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review | comment Comment
12/13/06
Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review

full review in Greek

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
10/03/06
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

This is psychoanalytic fable rewritten as pulp fiction. Perhaps that's why it's so ludicrously entertaining.

Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
09/28/06
Linda Ruth Williams
Linda Ruth Williams
Sight and Sound

As a stand-alone film, this doesn’t work; but viewed through the prism of the original, it offers some twisted, self-conscious pleasures.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Nigel Floyd
Nigel Floyd
Time Out

I won't say I didn't enjoy it; this is the kind of film that begs to be talked back to, that satisfies our highly developed taste for schadenfreude.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
05/15/06
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Michael Caton-Jones directs with bland disinterest, but Stone hams it up with the campy relish of a drag queen doing Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
05/12/06
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

With her raunchy innuendo and near-parodic sexuality, Stone seems to be coming on as the Mae West of film noir.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
05/06/06
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

Everything about this movie is bad.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
05/06/06
Brie Beazley
Brie Beazley
Reel.com

A pale shadow that is imminently unworthy of even a raised heartbeat.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
05/06/06
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

You’ve been here before when it was fresher.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
05/06/06
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine

[A] garish, deliciously awful sequel.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
05/06/06
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

A veritable cold shower of a sequel to 1992's softcore spectacular.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
05/06/06
Matthew Leyland
Matthew Leyland
BBC

Morrissey's performance is much better than the film really deserves - he pulls off a complex blend of pride and barely suppressed rage whilst still remaining sympathetic.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
05/06/06
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

It’s left to David Thewlis as a know-it-all cynical cop to walk away with the whole film. He brings a mischievousness and wit to a movie sorely lacking in both and offers a fine example of what this sequel should have been.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
05/06/06
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine
 
 
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