Basic Instinct 2

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Basic Instinct 2

R,

2006,

1h 54m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Drama/

Romance

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6%

152 Reviews

Tomatometer

26%

50,000+ Ratings

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6%

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152 Reviews

26%

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50,000+ Ratings

After a crash that kills her boyfriend, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) has her car searched by the police, who find illegal drugs. Prosecutors handling her case send Tramell to see psychiatrist Michael Glass (David Morrissey). Glass determines that Tramell, a novelist whose books deal with sensational murders, might just be a dangerous person herself. But his findings don't prevent him from embarking on a sexually charged relationship with the cunning cougar.

Critics 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."

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Oct 7, 2018

1/5

Morrissey gives a good impersonation of a lobotomised Liam Neeson: possibly the only way to play a character dead from the script upwards.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jan 27, 2007

1/5

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

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Linda Ruth Williams

Sight & Sound

Sep 28, 2006

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

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jul 29, 2021

1/5

...settles for a downgraded remake of the first film...

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Jan 31, 2021

.5/5

Stone appears to have torn a page from the soap-opera textbook of come-hither acting.

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Joe Lipsett

Bloody Disgusting

Feb 22, 2020

Glass is clearly meant to be a morally gray doctor...but that ambiguity and Morrissey's lack of sexual chemistry with Stone (who is vacant in her second go at the character) simply drains the life from this whole enterprise.

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Rey R

Mar 28, 2019

should never have been made

Anakin S

Aug 16, 2018

a big mistake to create a sequel out of the known blockbuster.

Ron W

Jul 30, 2018

At the end of Basic Instinct it seemed to me Cahterine Trummel was not the killer. Now the sequel reversed the plot again and pins it on her. That sucked. Missed Michael Douglas as well.

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Finn W

Feb 12, 2018

YEAH BOIIIIIIIiIIIII!!!! gOOD FILM!!1

Poe W

Oct 23, 2017

This could have been a decent flick, especially with the British cast, but it's not...didn't turn it off though and Sharon Stone still looks amazing.

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Michael Caton-Jones

Director

Sharon Stone

Catherine Trammell

David Morrissey

Dr. Michael Glass

Charlotte Rampling

Milena Gardosh

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Synopsis

After a crash that kills her boyfriend, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) has her car searched by the police, who find illegal drugs. Prosecutors handling her case send Tramell to see psychiatrist Michael Glass (David Morrissey). Glass determines that Tramell, a novelist whose books deal with sensational murders, might just be a dangerous person herself. But his findings don't prevent him from embarking on a sexually charged relationship with the cunning cougar.

Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Producer: Mario Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna, Moritz Borman, Joel B. Michaels
Screenwriter: Leora Barish, Henry Bean
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: C-2 Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Intermedia Productions
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Some Drug Content|Strong Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 31, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.9M
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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