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| Basic Instinct 2 (Uncut Version) [2006] | ![Basic Instinct 2 (Uncut Version) [2006]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YDBYSH6KL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Michael Caton-jones
Actors: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling, David Thewlis, Hugh Dancy
Studio: Entertainment in Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 9201
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Running Time: 111 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5017239193835
ASIN: B000FDK69M
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: August 7, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: small marks on the outer case, the discs are in good condition
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Amazon.co.uk 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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 excellent June 6, 2008
really good thriller thats been unfairly slammed by the critics,i think this an absolute treat and worth picking up
This "one of the WORST movie of the year" wasn't too bad June 23, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
For some reason I can't totally dismiss the film. As unimaginative as it was, I still had a blast with it. Sharon Stone may be 48 but carries herself very well. I admire her for having the balls to try and pull this one off. And guess what? She kind of does and still has some sex appeal left even at nearly half a decade. Her voice is lower, she has to wear a lot of make-up, but Catherine Tramell is still in there begging to come out. She still looks better than half the stars in Hollywood half her age, and reigns as the "Queen of Mean" (maybe even more so after hearing what all she's done after being famous). Catherine's new fixation with auto-erotic asphyxiation is simply a vanity project for Stone which she holds on to very well.
As crazy as this sounds, I did have a hard time buying a shrink would fall for her. But then again in the first installment, why would a homicide detective? David Morrisey as Dr. Andrew Glass looks good, but at times would look sort of stiff in some of his frames looking like he was trying to get into character. David does all he can to make sure his character is more subtle than the cocksure Michael Douglas San Francisco detective from the original. It's a more restrained journey, but he's English and a psychologist. In a way it's a nice contrast to the first. I also wondered how in the world did they get Charlotte Rampling and David Thewlis? They both turn in their usual fine performances providing exactly what the script demands of them.
It very well may be a hoot to call it "the worst film of the year" or "top pick for a Razzie", but in the final analysis it mildly entertained me and kept my attention on other affairs. "Basic Instinct 2" is still a fun adult erotic thriller that is not as great as the first, but not nearly as bad as Stone's turn in the Halle Berry "Cat Woman" flick. Because at least there she looks good, and happy to be back on silver screen. You might still follow your instincts and try to not see/buy this disc but I would simply recommend this movie as a rental unless you really need this add-on to your collection.
 Hilarious June 7, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
One for the so-bad-it's-good pile, this is a great laugh to watch with a couple of mates and a few beers. The utter ridiculousness of it all beggars belief at times, and there's dialogue that even Nicholas Cage would be ashamed of.
How do you picture it? April 14, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I watched and loved the very first Basic Instinct (who could forget the infamous scene where Sharon Stone flashes her err... pork pie?) and looked forward to watching this one. I was NOT disappointed. I was a bit concerned when I heard English accents instead of American ones and my first impression was "why is it in London?" but once I got over that and into the movie I loved it. It's pretty much the same theme as the first one with Sharon Stone looking even more hot to death today than she did back then (I couldn't get over her eyebrows in the first one - how can someone seriously seduce someone with those eyebrows???). Like the first one, there is a memorable scene where Sharon Stone pulls up a chair and sits on it backwards then talks total filth to the leading man. In short, this film is amazing. End of!
 Bra-less but boring March 22, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
No doubt this film was doomed to live in the shadow of its predecessor, yet it is fair to say it lacks all that made the first film such an excellent watch. Caton-Jones has some skill, no doubt, but he has got it all wrong here: this is a well produced, slick film with beautiful imagery...and totally boring. Where the first Basic Instinct was sultry, dirty, twisted and nightmarish this one has a cold, orderly and well-behaved feel to it.
The polite British atmosphere amongst City of London psychiatrists could have been a powerful antidote to the insanity of the characters, but it just doesn't work. The sudden use of stark effects here and there just seems out of place, and actors acting completely out of character all the time makes the story even less believable. The nudity seems unnecessary and serves no purpose except, I suppose, to meet the expectations set out by the original. Rather than inspire revolt, excitement or lust, or a combination of these, the viewer is left puzzled, disappointed, even bored. I wouldn't have thought it possible to make an orgy scene that was simply uninteresting, but Caton-Jones manages just that.
And then there's Sharon Stone. I don't know whether the director told her so or whether she felt like doing a very different role this time, either way it's not good. We remember Catherine Tramell as a deadly, ever-seducing teaser. This time she's sour and spiteful, almost bitter. You're left wondering how a woman behaving like that can possibly manipulate anyone - it's just not credible, whether she flashes her tits or not. Morrissey's really good though, but there's only so much he can do (the second star is for him).
The plot, by the way, is extremely uninventive - more or less a copy of the first film, just relocated. Like last time, one attempts to create some uncertainty whether Tramell is the killer or not, but it's half-hearted bordering on pathetic; the alternative theory is so far-fetched you'll laugh out loud (cannot repeat it here as it would be a spoiler).
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