Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Michael Caton-Jones

Writers (WGA):

Leora Barish (written by) &
Henry Bean (written by) ...

Release Date:

31 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Sometimes Obsession Can Be Murder

Plot:

Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, like Detective Nick Curran before him, Glass is entranced by Tramell and lured into a seductive game.

Plot Keywords:

Psychiatrist | London | Speeding | Drugs | Sex

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Stan Collymore	...	Kevin Franks
Sharon Stone	...	Catherine Tramell
Neil Maskell	...	Detective Ferguson
David Thewlis	...	Roy Washburn
Jan Chappell	...	Solicitor
David Morrissey	...	Michael Glass
Terence Harvey	...	Henry Rose
Hugh Dancy	...	Adam Towers
Ellen Thomas	...	Prosecutor
Mark Sangster	...	Court Reporter One
Tim Berrington	...	Court Reporter Two
Indira Varma	...	Denise Glass
Charlotte Rampling	...	Milena Gardosh
Heathcote Williams	...	Jakob Gerst
Flora Montgomery	...	Michelle Broadwin

Also Known As:

Basic Instinct - Neues Spiel für Catherine Tramell (Germany)
Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction (USA) (working title)
Instinto básico 2 - adicción al riesgo (Spain)
Risk Addiction (USA) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity, violence, language and some drug content.

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

Germany | UK | USA | Spain

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Ireland:18 | UK:18 | Germany:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Hong Kong:IIB (cut) | Argentina:16 | Hong Kong:III | Italy:T | New Zealand:R18 | India:A | South Korea:18 | Portugal:M/16 | France:-12 | Brazil:18 | Sweden:15 | Norway:15 | Hungary:18 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | USA:R (cut) (certificate #42004) | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 (video rating) (heavily cut) | Japan:R-18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Berwick Street, Soho, London, England, UK

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Rupert Everett publicly expressed his anger after being turned down to star opposite Sharon Stone by MGM CEO Chris McGurk for being "pervert who would never be accepted by the American public in this role".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: As Dr. Michael Glass is investigating the article entitled "Detective X" by Adam Towers about Roy Washburn, under the sub-headline of Witness Intimidation the article reads "A perfectly good movie script could be made from the information I gleaned in the sewers and alleys and fire escapes of the seedier parts of town." When he reads on to the next sub-headline of the article "Falsifying Evidence" the exact same passage has been repeated: "A perfectly good movie script could be made from the information I gleaned in the sewers and alleys and fire escapes of the seedier parts of town." Additionally, the sentence directly preceding the second sub-headline is incomplete. It reads "Our current political leader" (No punctuation)

Quotes:

Catherine Davis Tramell: You know what I like about you? You enjoy being in control. Like me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The DiCaprio Code (2006)

Soundtrack:

Violin Concerto No. 5 - Tempo di Menuetto

Painfully Bad

Well, I saw this movie yesterday and it's - unfortunately - worse than you could think. First of all the plot is idiotic, it has no sense at all. The screenplay is full of intentionally funny dialogues. The audience was laughing many times. And the suspense is very low. Actors play so-so, with an exception of Sharon Stone, who has some good moments but also some awfully bad acting moments. The saddest parts are when she tries to be aggressively sexy and says things like "I want to *beep* you " and it looks like, let's say it gently, a very very mature woman acting rude and not sexy at all. That erotic tension from BI1 is totally gone. From the technical point of Basic Instinct 2 is a mediocre movie - better than typical straight to DVD, but on a far lower lever than the original movie. For instance the scene of crazy joyride is done poorly. The director of Basic Instinct 2 is no Paul Verhoeven and it shows. The new composer is no Jerry Goldsmith and its shows. The script is done by people who are no match for Joe Eszterhas. There's no substitute for Michael Douglas in it. The film looks cheap and badly edited at times. I'm sorry but my first thought after I left the theater was: "Why heaven't they made this movie earlier and with original talents behind the success of the first movie?" All to all the original movie is like Citizen Kane compared to this. The first Basic Instinct is a classic and was a kind of break-thru in the popular cinema. It was provoking, sexy and controversial. It had the best Sharon Stone's performance in her career. It had this specific Paul Verhoeven's style. Unfortunately Basic Instinct 2 is a unintentionally funny movie, badly directed and a sure Razzie Award Winner in many categories. It's a pity that they made this film.