Basic Instinct 2 Reviews

Basic Instinct 2 review

Posted : 3 years, 11 months ago on 12 June 2020 06:41

Lethal weapon Catherine Tramell is back with a sequel to the 1992 hit neo-noir Basic Instinct. Years later, the sexy blonde viper (Sharon Stone) lands in London where she pays daily visits to Dr. Michael Glass (David Morrissey) and once again plays a series of mind tricks with him. Dr. Glass is left with conflict between having sexual relations with her and arresting her for the murders of Adam Towers (Hugh Dancy), Denise (Indira Varma), and Roy Washburn (David Thewlis). Despite having the similar plot, this movie holds accountable for some of the silliest moments in the series. Unlike the previous film where she mostly used an ice pick to murder her victims, in Basic Instinct 2, Catherine drives over 100 mph in a car with Kevin (Stan Collymore) masturbating her and drowns the car into the Thames. This over-the-top murder method might fit more in a parody of the first movie and makes her seem like a sleazy B-movie villain. Furthermore, how nobody in Scotland Yard can be immediately suspicious about her and arrest her after she killed Kevin is anybody’s case. Even the ending was a bit cheap and hokey, with Dr. Glass getting arrested and taken to a mental ward. Instead of killing him like she did in the last film, she leaves him her bestseller and some more predatory manipulation. Basic Instinct 2 is nothing more than a lame sequel with very little suspense and not much erotic undercurrent.

(1 ½ Chinese Dominatrices out of 5)

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Not so bad, after all...

Posted : 13 years, 8 months ago on 9 September 2010 01:19

Obviously, since it has a really lame reputation, I had some very low expectations concerning this movie but I have to admit that I was still rather curious about the damned thing so I still wanted to check it out. Eventually, even though it was indeed a massive critical and commercial flop, in fact, it turned out to be actually much better than I expected. I mean, sure, it was still not a good movie at all, but the concept had some potential, I actually enjoyed the mood created and I especially liked the fact that the action took place in London this time. In fact, even though some critics praised Sharon Stone for her performances, I thought she was the one dragging down the whole thing each time she was on the screen. At the end of the day, I don't think she is a very talented actress and, except for ‘Casino’, she hasn’t done anything really impressive after her breakthrough with ‘Basic Instinct’, at least, that’s my opinion. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, even though there were even a few good ideas and the movie was not as bad as I expected, it was still pretty weak and I definitely cannot recommend it.

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