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Release Date:
31 March 2006 (USA)
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Tagline:
Sometimes Obsession Can Be Murder more
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Psychiatrist
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Drugs
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Murder
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Scotland Yard
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Sex
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Awards:
4 wins
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3 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(17 articles)
"Basic Instinct" Franchise Extinct After Sequel Bombed At The Box Office
(From iCelebz. 11 March 2009, 6:44 AM, PDT)
Everett: 'My Sexuality Killed My Career'
(From WENN. 19 February 2009, 11:05 AM, PST)
(From iCelebz. 11 March 2009, 6:44 AM, PDT)
Everett: 'My Sexuality Killed My Career'
(From WENN. 19 February 2009, 11:05 AM, PST)
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A really terrible film with no saving graces - bad dialogue, bad acting, bad direction...just plain BAD!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Stan Collymore | ... | Kevin Franks | |
| Sharon Stone | ... | Catherine Tramell | |
| Neil Maskell | ... | Detective Ferguson | |
| David Thewlis | ... | Det. 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 |
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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)
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Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction (USA) (working title)
Instinto básico 2 - adicción al riesgo (Spain)
Risk Addiction (USA) (original script title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity, violence, language and some drug content.
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114 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:16 |
Finland:K-15 |
Australia:MA |
Ireland:18 |
UK:18 |
Germany:16 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
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)
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David Cronenberg was in talks to the direct the film for some time. John McTiernan was set to direct after Cronenberg bailed out due to producer Mario Kassar banning him from using his own cinematographer, production designer, and the rest of his usual team.
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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)
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Referenced in The DiCaprio Code (2006)
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Soundtrack:
Violin Concerto No. 5 - Tempo di Menuetto
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I saw this film at the London Premiere, and I have to say - I didn't expect much, but I did expect something that was at least mildly entertaining.
The original "Basic Instinct" was no great film and is still something of a "smut classic" but it was entertaining. I can recall countless times flipping through channels on TV on a late Friday or Saturday night having come across the movie and finding myself beginning to actually pay attention to it.
However, this lame-brain, waaay-belated sequel has nothing. Is Sharon Stone still gorgeous? Well, let's put it this way -- for a 47-year-old, she's pretty hot. Is she as beautiful as she was in the original? No. She also has clearly had plastic surgery on her face, and her haircut in this movie is somewhat unappealing. She doesn't look as soft or genuine or innocent as she did in the original -- which is sort of the whole point of being an evil seductress, and whatnot.
The rest of the performances range from bad to terrible -- and Michael Caton-Jones (a typically safe director -- one who doesn't always do great work but manages to make worthwhile movies) has officially delivered his first true turkey; a movie so bad people were laughing at certain moments that were intended to be serious.
I hear the film went through multiple editing sessions, and it's very clear from the start. Nothing makes much sense. The whole plot is a cosmic mess and the ending -- oh my! Talk about stupid AND unbelievable. (Still predictable, though.) I saw "Gigli," I saw "Son of the Mask" -- and although I'm not looking to "smear" this film, I can say with my own authority (which you don't have to agree with at all, mind you) that I prefer both those films over this catastrophic failure.
By the way, Stone left five minutes before the movie began and people in the theater began throwing things at the screen during a particularly outrageous and insulting scene inside an orgy-type nightclub.
"Basic Instinct 2" -- basically, it stinks, too.