Basic Instinct 2

Plot synopsis:
Set in London, the film opens with American best-selling author Catherine Tramell in a speeding car with her companion, Kevin Franks, a famous English football star. Tramell takes the man's hand and begins masturbating with it, all the while increasing her vehicle's speed. At the point of orgasm, Tramell veers off the road and crashes into the West India Docks in Canary Wharf. She attempts to save her partner but, as she says while being questioned by the police, "When it came down to it, I guess my life was more important to me than his".
Tramell is interrogated by Scotland Yard Detective Supt. Roy Washburn, who notes that D-Tubocurarine, a neuromuscular blocking agent used to relax muscles during general anaesthesia, was found in her car and in her companion's body, and the companion wasn't breathing at the time of the crash, and that a man named "Dicky Pep" said that he sold Tramell "15 milliliters of DTC last Thursday". Tramell counters by saying that this Dicky Pep must be lying because "you've got him on some other charge and he's trying to deal his way out, if he even exists".
Tramell begins therapy sessions with Dr. Michael Glass, who has conducted a court-ordered psychiatric exam and given testimony in her case. Glass strongly suspects that Catherine is a narcissist incapable of telling the difference between right and wrong. Tramell begins to play mind games with Glass, who becomes increasingly frustrated with, yet intrigued by, this mysterious woman. Soon, Glass's own life begins a spiral of destruction.
One night, Glass goes on a date with Michelle Broadwin, and has rough, violent sex with her after dealings with Tramell. Glass receives a phone call from his ex-wife, Denise, in a state of distress. Her partner, Adam Towers, a journalist writing a negative story about Dr. Glass, has been found strangled to death. Glass suspects that Tramell committed the murder and is attempting to frame him for it. More murders begin to surface around Glass as his obsession with Tramell grows and his career and life are threatened – he finds his ex-wife in a bathroom with her throat slit after they have an altercation in a bar. Later, Dicky Pep is killed – eventually, he himself can no longer tell right from wrong, and the police begin to suspect Glass of involvement in the crimes. He confronts Tramell at her apartment where they engage in passionate sex.
The situations comes to a head during a confrontation between Glass and Tramell at her apartment where, after a struggle, Glass attempts to kill Tramell. Tramell gives Glass a copy of the draft of her next novel, titled The Analyst. After reading it, he realises that Catherine has novelised most of the recent events with herself and other people related to Glass, even himself, as characters. Then it turns out that the character based on herself is going to kill a therapist based on Glass's colleague, Dr. Milena Gardosh.
Glass runs to Gardosh's apartment to warn her, finding Tramell there to his dismay. Gardosh tells him that he is no longer in charge of Tramell's therapy and that he's going to have his license revoked, due to bad practice regarding Tramell's treatment. There is a struggle between Glass and Gardosh, in which the latter is knocked out. Catherine then threatens Glass with a gun she carries, but Glass takes it away from her. When Washburn arrives at the scene, Glass shoots him because Tramell told him he had killed the girlfriend of one of Glass's patients just to "nail him".
In the final scene, Tramell pays a visit to Glass at a local mental hospital where he has been institutionalised, and he learns from her that the subject of her latest best-selling novel was a man very much like him. Tramell claims that she manipulated Glass into committing all those murders for her own amusement, and flashbacks are shown of Glass committing the murders. Tramell leaves with a wicked smirk on her face, while Glass continues to sit silently in his wheelchair, stymied by frustration and rage.

Tags: psychological, murder, sadist

Review:
In my opinion, this sequel is not nearly as good as the original film, but is not as bad as most comments pretend.
Since he has more screen time and is the axis of the movie, he can keep your attention from beginning to end.I am not recommending "Basic Instinct 2" as a great movie; I am just expressing my disagreement with most of the comments on this site and my conviction that agendas other than the movie itself are shaping the opinion of most spectators..
There is a long list of these kind of movies, and in the end, some are really bad (Battlefield Earth (2000)), some may have their flaws but are quite enjoyable (Catwoman (2004), Elektra (2005)) and then there are a few, which actually are really great for what they are, but no one admits!
Hudson Hawk (1991), who is just hysterical funny, Color of Night (1994), which may not be Oscar-worthy, but is definitely a not dumb at all thriller with some nice twists, Swept Away (2002), which I thought is a great mix of sick humor and a beautiful romance, Gigli (2003), which was great entertainment with some really memorable lines and not badly acted at all from the former "Bennifer"-Couple, and this year it's "Basic Instinct 2"!
It never simply copies the original, it has a quite clever story, has tension, action, humor and the absolutely stunning Sharon Stone reprising the role of her life!
I think the reason for all the opinionated diarrhea on this movie is that most people have it out for Sharon Stone being around 50 and getting naked while playing sexy.
Actors play so-so, with an exception of Sharon Stone, who has some good moments but also some awfully bad acting moments.
If not, you might as well wait for the DVD release in the "rated" version, "unrated" version, "collectors" edition, or "ultimate" version, and perhaps in another 14 years we will be saturated with news of "Basic Instinct 3" at which point Ms. Stone will be 62 years old and nobody will really care..
More on this later, right now let's move onto the review.Basic Instinct 2 is the long-awaited sequel, at least by Sharon Stone, of a raunchy classic that was released back in 1992.
I guess we'll have to wait until the "unrated" DVD to be released to see all of the goods, which may be very shortly from the looks of it.Since the announcement of the movie, people have been trashing it before the production even began.
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.
(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..
I expected an absolute disaster, and got something which is easily one of the most exciting films I have seen in a long time.It is alarming to read such negative reviews from respected film critics who quite frankly, do nothing but romanticise the original - as we all know, time makes the heart grow fonder.
She a fine actress, but surrounding her with unfamiliar actors in London, and handling a script that lacks everything witty and tight that Joe Eszterhas weaved in the original picture, is just disastrous.Our story here has Ms. Tramell, notorious author from Basic Instinct at the epicenter of a death, accidental, or perhaps...intentional???
Rather than prance around with her sexuality tugging at the police, and seducing them blindly, she is more a bully here, and she pushes authoritative figures, especially Michael Glass the professional assigned to her case, into her game this time around.Sharon Stone turns in a mostly witty and sharp (no pun intended) continuation of Catherine Tramell, Complete with incomparable physique, sexy sultry voice, and some more blonde poison.
We have very stiff European authoritative figures, bent on the unraveling of the case, as well they should be, except it doesn't feel like Basic Instinct, and the good moments that are had, are reminders that it might have been better had they stuck with the original idea which was to have been set in NYC.The production design and art direction are diabolical though (again, no pun intended), and it's a scene set greatly, if only the expectations were met.
Whatever they have for every one else is a more or less lacking shadow of what the original was.Michael Caton-Jones is okay, but this flick, released in 2006, looks like EVERY other action thriller from that time period, and that's sad.
Sharon stone is gorgeous and does a great job in the movie and it mystifies me as to what in the hell the critics want.
I went out of my way to pay attention to why people were saying this was one of the worst movies and/or sequels of all times, and I was very happy to realize that are all dead wrong.
Michael Douglas wasn't all that subtle if you remember correctly.The sequel was darker and more focuses on the mind games than the first movie, which I prefer.A lot of criticism has been placed on the sex scenes (or rather, the chopped and butchered ones in the R rated cut).
The fact that people think the idea of two men falling in love as "radical" or "envelope pushing" or "new" should probably stick their heads back in the sand.If this movie had been released in a less restrictive time, it would have done better.
It's really a shame actually, and it's also very telling of major issues within our overly judgmental and uneducated culture.If for some odd reason Sharon Stone, ot some one from her team reads this review, I have seen "Basic Instinct 2" three times now.
The plot is interesting even though, this movie is more for the mind playing between the main characters and how Catherine continues her writing with new ways and twists for her novels.
Her B-rate "assistants" are not so bad either although I would have wanted some bigger names to the cast.I think there are quite good improvements in the basic plot.
All of it adding up to a film that is as good as it will ever get!This sequel is the exact opposite, it cannot possibly get worse, bad acting and a lame script, combined with totally inept direction, this is really bad, boring, annoying.
I have a very different opinion to what i have seen so far, i believe this movie was brilliant, yes Sharon stone was cringey at times, but i think she was brilliant, but she could have been seen as annoying at times.Throughout the film there was an obvious thought which meant Sharon was the killer, but the twist was good because it was obviously not going to be the person who you thought it was from the beginning or there would be no point watching the end.
This film has been savaged by our local (South African) and foreign critics, but this is one sequel I think is on a par with the original, if not better.Sharon Stone is mesmerising in the title role.
Sharon Stone is 48 but she looks nothing like a 48 yr old woman.I loved Basic Instinct not because of the sex, or coz she gets naked.
The acting is first rate, Sharon Stone is in my opinion just divine to look at, and the development of the plot is slow enough for the characters to take on real flesh but without losing tension.
The British cast, Charlotte Rampling and the handsome David Morrisey especially, provide the perfect moments in the film to send Stone/Tramell into her evil ways.
I think it's the same with every movie the original is always the best one, but in my opinion Basic Instinct 2 isn't that bad.
Sharon stone is a great actress and the kind of moody character she plays in Basic Instinct 2 suits her pretty good.
The acting is great from pretty much all accounts, even Sharon Stone does a good job.David Morrissey captures the 'reluctant hero' role, and Charlotte Rampling does well as his friend.
However when I saw it the second time , everything has changed and now BI2 is surely better than first for me.I do not understand why a lot of people have great objections to this movie and too many negative comments.
3) It is true that the absence of Michael Douglas can not be filled because he is a great actor and he caught a very good combination with Sharon Stone in 1992.
and he looks 60 maybe more than 60 but Sharon doesn't so whoever has a good or close to good acting talent replacing his role would be OK for this movie and so is David Morissey.He is not great , even sometimes boring but what does it matter ?
He could also catch a good connection with Stone and he did in some ways especially in the end.4) Charlotte Rampling was a great supporter and gave seriousness to the movie.5) The score was great , even greater than the first one.
Sharon Stone in her ripe age of 48?-50, looks exquisite and Davide Morissey...well let's say the sex scenes were very,very, very hot!!!
The sequel of Basic Instinct won't be for sure a remarkable movie, as the original one, but we cannot say it's awful, because it isn't.
Of course Sharon Stone is not so "hot" in this sequel as she was in the original, nor either exist any "unusual sexy scene" (cross legs' scene), but on the other hand I think she has refined her "killer instinct"!
The way she manipulates the psychologist and the way she looks at him, is really cold, wicked, in a word: evil!So, generally, I don't think this movie is brilliant - in fact, it's far away from that - but it's not as bad as some people told!.
(The lamest, most over-hyped movie I've ever watched) Like some others have noticed, I think most of the reviewers that gave this film a negative review were just uneasy with the sex symbol/seductress being 40+++ and not 19.
The movie, Sharon Stone, and David Morrisey all look good.
If you liked the original Basic Instinct I think you will enjoy #2 just as much if not more.
It clearly all comes out in the ending of this movie.I was also amazed on how beautiful Sharon Stone still looks.Anyways.
The twists are just devices that make no sense, and their explanations are weak.The acting was OK not great, The British actors do better than Stone though.I did like the first one it was sexy and kept you wondering "Is she the Killer?" This one made me think man when is this movie going to be over?If you going to see this movie hoping for a good thriller don't bother.
Basic instinct 2 is simply a great thriller and suspense movie,Sharon Stone is simply hotter than most of the ladies at age of 20s and 30s,and i don't know why they keep saying that it did not success,except USA,basic instinct 2 ranked number 2 in each of the following countries,France,Italy,Spain,Russia,hong Kong,and many others European countries,and number 1 in Lebanon for 2 consecutive weeks,and according to the vote,i mean come on people cat woman got more than 3.3 over 10,basic instinct 2 at least it should take 6.5 - 7 over 10.
According to Sharon Stone,she is brilliant and very hot and sexy,she has been created to do this rule,about David i think he has a good future in cinema..
Now the movie did manage to raise a lot of heat during its release using Sharon Stone as the "venture catalyst" but somehow,Michael Caton Jones failed to deliver that degree of brilliance and trill that he promised his audience through the trailers of B I 2.Insted it turned out to be something like watching soft-porn on the big screen!
She really caught the character.People will look back on this movie and say how good it is..
Hi, Basic Instinct was a movie that has dominance on my personality , every time I watch I run my imagination to set another plot, another motiveand this is why Basic Instinct become a hit and not only because the fact Sharon stone didn't wear any underwear.Basic Instinct 2 comes after 14 years without the original crew.
Strangely she doesn't think Stone is quite as dangerous as everyone else - or else she doesn't think the script is good enough or her cheque large enough to do any proper acting.After several laps of the track roughly outlined above it comes to a climax that mixes provincial rep with a cliff-hanger/twist, that while as farcical as the rest of the movie, gives us enough elbowroom for Basic Instinct 3 - highly unlikely this may be at this point in time..
I love Sharon Stone and she was so beautiful and dangerous in the first movie, why not give the sequel a chance?
I thought the acting wasn't too bad and the story worked, although I have to admit the psychiatrist screaming at the end was a little over the top, but it was a fun movie to watch.Catherine is back and while her and an athlete are in a car getting stoned and having sex, they crash and Catherine gets out in time, but the athlete does not.
The difference is that Michael Douglas was really ugly in 1992, while Sharon Stone still looks pretty good to me.
No, this is not my favorite movie of all time, and not as good as the original (but really how many sequels really are), but I still enjoyed it as a guilty pleasure.
It's not a great movie - true, but i'm SURE that it would gotten five times better reviews if it wasn't a sequel.
After having read a few comments on this film (amongst other places here on IMDb), I really didn't have high hopes for this movie, and maybe that is the reason for me being positively surprised.This is by no means a great movie, but it's OK, and it will certainly have an appeal to people who would like to see another movie like the first "Basic Instinct".
The history is good and, the acting is great, I would to see Sharon Stone.
While Sharon Stone is a good-looking fortysomething, those watching it for sexy thrills may be disappointed..
Sharon Stone at times looks like she walked off the set of Basic Instinct straight on to this one, OK maybe off the set of Sliver, but she looks great and Catherine is as seductive as ever.
Who wants to be trapped in a Christian family movie when you get Sharon Stone reprising her role as the Catherine Tramell character?
With that said, here is my two cents regarding what could be considered a controversial film for the wrong reasons: Basic Instinct 2.Let's start with Sharon Stone since she seems to be the source of all the commotion (how fitting- just like the movie!) .
Sharon Stone does a good job bringing her character back to life although the performance seemed somewhat repetitive.The thing this movie did best was building up sexual tension between characters.
I am by no means saying this is a great film, but if your looking for something risky, sexual, raw, entertaining at times, and completely different than whats out there, then this is the movie to see..
In my opinion the sequel is better than the first Basic Instinct, the sequel stayed true to the 1st with music and everything besides Sharon Stone looks hotter in the new clothes she has in this one.
The only thing better about the 1st is that there is more sex scenes and that was the unrated version of the 1st film so it is oblivious that they are going to release a unrated DVD of this movie when it comes out on DVD.
Right after I saw Basic Instinct 2 at the theater(there were only 6 people in the theater 3 women & 3 men) I went home and watched the 1st one on DVD (unrated) and Sharon Stone looks amazing still, she was 31 in the 1st film and she is 46 in the second film (theoretically she is 48 now but BI2 was filmed in 2004).
I'm angry that people were like "there's no point for a sequel" good or not everyone should be happy they at least continued the franchise especially with the ending of the 1st film.
I enjoyed that aspect of the film, even if it's far, very very far from a masterpiece.Sharon Stone camps it up big time compared to her performance in the original, but I thought she was fun to watch, and even though she definitely doesn't look 30 anymore, she's still good as the evil temptress..