Strong and Moving!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Tonight, I watched the Basic Instinct and Basic Instinct 2 right after it. Both for the very first time.The first one got me excited as the actors were great and the story pretty cool. A great crime movie. I knew about the bad reputation the second installment has and expected a flop. But I did not get one. I got a movie full of honestly great actors, great environments and a great plot. The camera, sound, music, editing, actors, suspense... Everything is on top. I loved the movie and frankly have no idea why it is rated bad and why was it nominated for razzie awards. I guess you have to have a black sheep every year to point a finger at and unfortunately for the Basic Instinct 2 this movie was that black sheep in 2006.I rated Basic Instinct 9/10 because I was really entertained and I am rating the second one also 9/10 because I was entertained as well and even a bit more because the movie is more current to me as it was shot in 2006 and I am a younger person. Hats off to the makers of this movie and the actors. Highly recommended to anyone interested in crime movies or thrillers.

In all honesty, I found this sequel to have much more substance and brains than the sleazy original pop cult classic. Where the first Basic Instinct was loud, brash, gaudy and gratuitous, this one is subtle, dark, intellectual, imaginative and cerebral. The plot, storyline, and Sharon Stone herself, have all matured for the better. Gone is the bad 90s psycho nympho girl called Catherine Tramell and in comes the highly intelligent, manipulative, calm and confident older Tramell. She plays a deadly cat and mouse game with her male psychiatrist to the point where he is unable to differentiate between fact and fantasy. Her acting has matured considerably over the years and she exhibits a highly understated, subtle acting style and exudes just the right mix of seduction and threat, the perfect femme fatale. David Morrissey does great with his British accent and sensibility as the psychiatrist contrasted with Michael Douglas' boorish Nick Curran. Stone has maintained her enviable figure over the years and only looks better physically and psychologically to play the role. I highly recommend this movie to all the fans of the erotic thriller genre that was so chic in the 90s.

It's good to see Stan Colleymore kissing Sharon Stone (albeit at the age of 48). It's what most men, including Englishmen of colour, wanted to do with the Sharon Stone of Basic Instinct and 'Sliver'. Relocating the film to London instead of San Francisco shows what a huge following the original film had in the UK. However, this film does not live up to the original. For a start, Sharon Stone is too old and way passed her best. In the original, not only was she sexy but she was a good actress. In this film she looks plain and washed out. She had no presence or anything going on her face to advance the story. She was soulless, but then so was David Morrisey. I didn't connect with any of the characters, although some of the ideas could have been handled better.This film shouldn't have been made and does not deserve to see the light of day.

..This is no cry of agony from my side, nope, this is what this movie cries in agony ! At first I said to myself, OK, this is a sex and violence crap. So why not? As long as I enjoy at least the first element. But Ohh, I discovered that it consists of Nos, lots and lots of Nos..(David Morrissey) is NO peer to Sharon Stone. He's deprived of charisma.(David Morrissey) has NO talent. He put the same one-note expression on his face during the whole time. And from what that expression looked you can't decide; was he angry ?, restrainedly horny ?, disturbed ?, or board ?! This reached its climax at the final shot; where his expression was sure the most pointless and stupid expression I have ever seen in my life ! (Sharon Stone) is NO sexy in this. In most of her scenes she seems like a drug addict has-been. Her face, along with her body, especially her – as the Razzie put it – lop-sided breasts, were old and pathetic (And by the way, her haircut SUCKED !). Simply, if you love the beautiful (Sharon Stone) of the 1980s and 1990s, then welcome to the ghost of her ! (Sharon Stone) gave NO good performance. All what she got to do was feeling like "I'm irresistibly HOT, I'm a ravenous TIGER, I'm unredeemably BAD!". The thing is, nothing of that got to us. So, with her lousy looks, she was more like a real sick woman, yet with the fake belief that she's femme fatal ! There is NO meaning out of shipping the events to England, even its places weren't used as fancy or mysterious backgrounds to the story. Speaking of the story; there is NO thrill. And what a shame to say that in a thriller. The movie is a sleepy slasher all along. There is NO style. (Michael Caton-Jones), who directed once highly good works like Doc Hollywood (1991) and Rob Roy (1995), makes here the lowest point in his career. Clearly he was uninterested in, if not hating, what he was doing. Just watch his soulless performance, with dull cadres, dull way to move the cast, dull cuts.. etc, to feel how he directed a rushed TV episode where he had no time to create, rather master, anything ! For your information; right after this movie, he couldn't find any work in cinema, and after 20 years of directing movies, he became a TV director (It's up to you; was that sad or fair ?).There is NO beauty, on any level. Even the end twist was there only to convince you that this movie has some brain to be wicked and manipulative. But they forgot to make something worthy before it !So, (Basic Instinct 2) is a sleepy slasher, the longest TV episode, and a strange convention which invited their members to leave their talents at the door ! And if you were in it for sex and violence; watch the first movie better. Actually, I was tortured by this movie's privation, it's more like a needy child that his parents stripped him from everything. In short : Movies like this created the Razzie award ! To be objective, one thing attracted my attention, in a positive way : the white trousers that (Stone) wore in the last scene; it was lovely and catchy.. like NO other thing in the movie !