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Basic Instinct 2 (Unrated, Extended Cut)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: STONE,SHARON
EAN: 0043396152243
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: 043396152243
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: July 11, 2006
Running Time: 116 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: March 31, 2006
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Editorial Review:
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
A criminal psychologist is hopelessly attracted to a clever and seductive suspect linked to the death of a star athlete and uncertain if it will cost him his career and his life.
Genre: Suspense
Rating: UN
Release Date: 4-SEP-2007
Media Type: DVD
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - The Trailer Park Comes to Bloomsbury
There is something to be said for Michael Caton-Jones' "Basic Instinct 2", and that is that one man's trash is another man's treasure. In this turgid followup to Paul Verhoeven's original (and equally trashy) 1992 psychosexual romp, the icepick-wielding vixen, Catherine Tramell, is back and, as played by Sharon Stone, she's as flippant, horny, and, oh yes, lethal as ever. And I'm happy to report that Catherine's trailer park sex appeal also remains intact; without an iota of class, she roars through ... Read More
Rating:  - DVD
Good price and fast service, I only but used DVDs now and save up to 50%, Great way to build a film library, and I have never been stuck with a dud. Will shop again and would recommend to anyone.
Rating:  - thumps way down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a disappointment!!! I am a big fan of Basic Instinct and Sharon Stone. I was trilled when I heard they were making BI2. When I heard it was taking place in London I said, BIG MISTAKE!! Catherine T. will not be living in England. She will live, other than the US, in Spain, Italy, or France; where were the beautiful and scandalous people gathered. Then, when I heard who the main male actos were I said, OK SECOND BIG MISTAKE!!! I mean, need I say more!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: - Amazing, but ten years too late.
At least they got a decent leading man for this one.
If you thought Sharon Stone looked droopy, can you imagine what Douglas would have looked like? EWWWWW!!!
The nudity didn't even faze me.
The story line was pretty good, it held my interest but dragged in a few places. I don't understand why this movie got slammed as hard as it did.
I've seen worse. WAY worse.
All in all, I liked it and I wasn't expecting to.
Ignore the critics and see it for yourself.
Recommended.
Rating: - "I'm the only actress you have to pay to keep her clothes on."
All sequels lack integrity by their very nature. They're copies. And they're copies made for the sole purpose of studios cashing in on the original idea. They're usually haphazard and lazy, with only a handful actually being just as good as or better than their predecessor. Basic Instinct 2 is worse than most sequels. My problems with the film are:
Sharon Stone--Ms. Sharon Stone just doesn't have it anymore. She is no longer capable of being a good actress. Okay, enough with my comedy attempt, when ... Read More
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