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Basic Instinct 2
A (INDIA)
2006
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Basic Instinct 2
Positive Reviews
9
Negative reviews
63
Average Rating
1.5
/5
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1.5
As a showcase for Sharon Stones physique, Basic Instinct 2 is a rousing success. In every other respect, its a colossal failure.
Av Club
3.2
Basic Instinct 2 isnt bad, exactly, but it lacks the entertaining vulgarity of the first film; its Basic Instinct redone with more class and less thru ..
EW
1.9
Here is a movie so outrageous and preposterous it is either (a) suicidal or (b) throbbing with a horrible fascination. I lean toward (b).
Rogerebert
1.5
As a stand alone film, this doesnt work; but viewed through the prism of the original, it offers some twisted, self conscious pleasures.
Time Out
1.3
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
1.5
That is, when shes wearing clothes, which as it turns out, isnt often.
0.0
Just how bad is Basic Instinct 2 Well, for starters, theres far less sex than youve been hoping.
1.0
To get to those shots of Stones chest and thighs, however, the audience has to wait through a two hour story thats so tedious that the audience may wa ..
E Film Critic
1.9
Basic Instinct created a disingenuous ego monster who has hypocritically disowned the very thing which made her a household name to begin with and yet ..
E Film Critic
1.5
Theres not a moment of screen time in which Stone isnt overacting or posing or smirking for the camera.
Cinema Blend
3.1
The original movie lacked sense, but it did possess that sizzle. This one has neither.
The Globe And Mail
0.5
Theres simple trash and enjoyable trash; this movie wants to be the latter, but alas it falls into the first category.
One Guys Opinion
1.3
Inspector Roy Washburn (David Thewlis) isnt convinced of her innocence.
ReelViews
1.5
Like many sequels this is actually a remake, and it suffers from the law of diminishing returns.
Chicago Reader
3.2
Basic Instinct 2 is one of those guilty pleasures that, in your heart, you know you should loath but cant help being amused by the kitschiness of the ..
1.3
The 1992 phenomenon was creepy, tense and sexually charged in a bold yet tawdry way. This sequel lacks even a shred of those elements.
Usa Today
1.5
Leora Barish and Henry Beans screenplay doesnt care about the other characters.
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Its sleazy and outlandish but OK for the guilty pleasure file if youre in the mood.
News Review
3.0
Morrisseys performance is much better than the film really deserves he pulls off a complex blend of pride and barely suppressed rage whilst still rema ..
View London
2.5
If theres a Basic Instinct 3 and Im hoping against it maybe Catherine can take on James Bond.
Cs Monitor
1.5
Sadly, nothing following lives up to the prurient promise of this sequence, as the film becomes a monotonously talky, gloomy affair.
Film Journal International ..
1.3
Basic Instinct 2 is basically the same movie as its predecessor. Only theres no Michael Douglas. And the setting has changed from the United States to ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.3
In this erotic free film, as the dead bodies pile up, nothing is more dead than the movie itself.
Internet Reviews
1.3
Absurdly overheated and unforgivably dull, Basic Instinct 2 is the accidental comedy sensation of the year to date.
Boston
0.5
eaves very little for fun here beyond guffawing at the outrageous caricature of dangerous sexiness that pop culture inflated into...
1.3
The 14 year behind the scenes story of making this sequel is far more interesting than anything thats onscreen, including Sharon Stones nudity and sex ..
Emanuellevy
1.5
The rest of the film may be murky and dull, but physically, its hard to take your eyes off Stone. Shes absolutely stunning.
Reel Talk Reviews
1.5
A pale shadow that is imminently unworthy of even a raised heartbeat.
Q Network
1.5
Catherine Tramell is brittle, shrill and faux; she isnt a real person, which robs the film of its vital organ.
2.0
But its not an entirely lost cause: as erotic thrillers go, this is one of 2006s best comedies.
Bbc
2.0
Dead serious and stone idiotic, the only basic instinct in evidence here is desperation.
Calendar Live
1.5
It doesnt help that co star Morrissey who serves as the audience point of view and has most of the screen time is a charisma challenged non entity.
Seattle Pi
2.5
There was more laughter from my screening audience at this film than I have heard at Will Ferrell movies, but I realize that thats damning with faint ..
Tony Medley
2.2
In spite of Sharon Stones hearty encore performance as the ultimate femme fatale, Basic Instinct 2 falls unbearably flat.
Coles Mithey
0.5
Its as if Stones vagina stormed off the set in the first week of shooting and hid out in its trailer until the wrap party.
Pajiba
1.3
As it is, the movie is just bad enough to laugh at a time or two and nothing more, leaving me to think the best instinct might be to leave the theater ..
Movie Freak
1.0
If your own basic instinct is to avoid this movie, then you probably should go with that.
1.0
Sure, the old broad looks pretty good in the film, but who wouldnt with fake boobs and a lacquer finish of make up an inch thick
7M Pictures
2.2
Other than its deliriously trashy intro and a loopy twist ending that questions reality itself, Basic Instinct 2 is way too restrained in every sense.
Oregon Live
1.0
Its left to David Thewlis as a know it all cynical cop to walk away with the whole film. He brings a mischievousness and wit to a movie sorely lacking ..
Boxoffice Magazine
1.5
But this time around, Stone portrays Catherine Tramell more like a desperate old floozy than a take no prisoners man eater, and theres no doubt shes t ..
E Online
3.0
shall we say.. thin His expressiveness is as colorless as Stones is untramelled. (
Varia Gate
1.9
BI2 should have been a gloriously excessive collision between the lurid and the ludicrous.
Kansas City
0.0
This doesnt prevent her from indulging in some sexual shenanigans.
Killer Movie Reviews
0.0
She wants to be a viper, but doesnt convey enough sexiness and emotion to get under our skin and warm up our nether regions.
Waffle Movies
1.9
Alas, the trashy fun doesnt last. Basic Instinct 2 is trash all the way through, no doubt, but its not much fun.
Montreal Film Journal
1.0
Youre just hoping for some good trashy fun... Thats why its such a surprise when the movie turns out to be just plain boring.
Window To The Movies
1.5
The viewer has scant reason to care about who killed whom and why, especially since the films chief purpose clearly isnt solving an absorbing mystery ..
Chron
1.0
The original Basic Instinct had style, of a barking mad sort; Eszterhass screenplay had its own beady eyed narrative drive, and Stone created a classi ..
Film Guardian
4.5
With her raunchy innuendo and near parodic sexuality, Stone seems to be coming on as the Mae West of film noir.
Film Guardian
1.5
But most of the conversation in the lobby will revolve around who designed SSs clothes and jewelry. Thats the way Ms. Stone wants it, and thats the wa ..
Guide Live
1.2
And even then, theres the depressing spectacle of Stone, screaming Pay attention to me!
Flip Side Archive
1.5
This is psychoanalytic fable rewritten as pulp fiction. Perhaps thats why its so ludicrously entertaining.
Bfi
3.8
This movie rocks ... by boldly embracing the preposterousness at the core of its story right away, and then moving on to more important things like ul ..
M Tv
1.9
Numbingly dull when it isnt unintentionally laugh out loud funny, this pitiful sequel has almost none of the cheesy/sleazy appeal of the 1992 blockbus ..
James Sanford on Film
1.3
...a relentlessly cheesy, over the top sexual thriller that has all the provocative luster of an inner thigh rash... botched, stillborn psychological ..
Movie Eye
2.0
Ms. Stones character is bad, but sexy. The movie wants to be sexy, but its mostly just bad.
TheMovieChicks.com
2.5
Silly, shock pandering lines like that nearly sink the film to Showgirls level.
Boston Phoenix
2.0
But the movie is a baroque little mystery of so little mystery or consequence that youre literally sitting there waiting for the next full body cavity ..
Orlando Sentinel
1.5
If youve seen the trailer, youve seen ALL the sex; actually, youve even seen more than is actually in the film. A threesome in the trailer is non exis ..
IGN Movies
1.5
In the end, this is a movie that makes the original Basic Instinct look good. And in a way, thats quite a feat.
Detroit News
0.5
And if theres anything worse than a bad movie, its a boring bad movie.
Bloody Disgusting
1.3
Despite all the heavy breathing and mood lighting, Basic Instinct 2 is so dull that you might find yourself easily distracted by side issues.
Seattle Times
1.3
My advice this week: if youre going to go see a sequel with ice in it, make it Ice Age 2.
Crazed Fan Boy
3.2
Basic Instinct 2 isnt quite the spurting geyser of sexual excess that the original was, but it has a sense of reservation and a rather graceful desire ..
Film Jerk
1.3
Basic Instinct 2 is more elaborately plotted than the original, and the result is even worse: horribly over the top dialogue, gratuitous nudity and no ..
Chicago Tribune
0.5
Sharon still maintains she never knew her V was being photographed in the original Basic Instinct. I figured the hair and makeup team between my legs ..
Movie Juice
2.5
The question on everyones mind is Does she look good at age 48 Oh yeah...make no mistake, she does.
Supercala.com
0.0
It wouldve been easy to dismiss Sharon Stones shameless attempt to recapture her long faded glory as desperate, but this pathetic film doesnt qualify ..
The Movie Report
3.1
You may come out of the theater complaining how ridiculous it was, but you wont be bored.
1.3
There are plot developments occurring throughout the picture that have the subtlety of a carnival sideshow, and things never add up sufficiently as an ..
The Cinema Phile Blog
0.5
It doesnt know whether it wants to be a Skin e max soft core porno or an episode of a primetime cop drama. Its unfulfilling as neither and ends up as ..
Rich Mond
0.6
Of all the things Basic Instinct 2 threatened to be titillating, cheeky, outrageous who would have thought it would turn out boring
Sac Ticket
1.9
He pushes the envelope in a glossy Tinseltown way, with orgasmic techno music and phallic set pieces where even the windows subliminally form X shapes ..
Lj World
0.6
At this point, there are inflatable toys that are livelier than Stone, but how can you tell the difference Basic Instinct 2 is not an erotic thriller. ..
0.6
Basic Instinct 2 is an obvious attempt to revive a stalled acting career.
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