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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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Poor Sharon Stone. She's still big; it's the erotic thrillers that got small. Jan 27, 2007 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Poor Sharon Stone. She's still big; it's the erotic thrillers that got small.
Peter Bradshaw
As a stand-alone film, this doesn't work; but viewed through the prism of the original, it offers some twisted, self-conscious pleasures. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
As a stand-alone film, this doesn't work; but viewed through the prism of the original, it offers some twisted, self-conscious pleasures.
Nigel Floyd
A veritable cold shower of a sequel to 1992's softcore spectacular. May 6, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
A veritable cold shower of a sequel to 1992's softcore spectacular.
Matthew Leyland
Stupefyingly lackluster. Apr 21, 2006 | Full Review…
Stupefyingly lackluster.
David Edelstein
Like many sequels this is actually a remake, and it suffers from the law of diminishing returns. Apr 21, 2006 | Full Review…
Like many sequels this is actually a remake, and it suffers from the law of diminishing returns.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The plot, already mired in nonsensical backstory, collapses with the late-inning introduction of a tired metafictional device (not to mention a wildly lunging Usual Suspects twist). Apr 4, 2006
The plot, already mired in nonsensical backstory, collapses with the late-inning introduction of a tired metafictional device (not to mention a wildly lunging Usual Suspects twist).
Dennis Lim
Stone is simply awful, replacing the sexy insouciance from the first film with a beady stare that would seem more appropriate coming from a dead codfish than a calculating nympho adept at playing twisted mind games. Dec 21, 2018 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Stone is simply awful, replacing the sexy insouciance from the first film with a beady stare that would seem more appropriate coming from a dead codfish than a calculating nympho adept at playing twisted mind games.
Matt Brunson
Morrissey gives a good impersonation of a lobotomised Liam Neeson: possibly the only way to play a character dead from the script upwards. Oct 6, 2018 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Morrissey gives a good impersonation of a lobotomised Liam Neeson: possibly the only way to play a character dead from the script upwards.
Nigel Andrews
There are plot developments occurring throughout the picture that have the subtlety of a carnival sideshow, and things never add up sufficiently as an intellectual exercise. Sep 11, 2017 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
There are plot developments occurring throughout the picture that have the subtlety of a carnival sideshow, and things never add up sufficiently as an intellectual exercise.
David Keyes
We actually don't see very much killing at all--except, maybe, that of the careers of Morrissey and Stone. Jan 26, 2014 | Rating: 0/4 | Full Review…
We actually don't see very much killing at all--except, maybe, that of the careers of Morrissey and Stone.
Michael Dequina
Silly, shock-pandering lines like that nearly sink the film to Showgirls level. Apr 23, 2009 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Silly, shock-pandering lines like that nearly sink the film to Showgirls level.
Tom Meek
In spite of Sharon Stone's hearty encore performance as the ultimate femme fatale, "Basic Instinct 2" falls unbearably flat. Apr 20, 2009 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
In spite of Sharon Stone's hearty encore performance as the ultimate femme fatale, "Basic Instinct 2" falls unbearably flat.
Cole Smithey
This film slightly surprised me, I'd held out very little hope for the sequel, having heard nothing good or bad about it and so I'd assume it to be a complete flop. Now I'm not saying it's to the contrary, but I did feel it had it's moments. I had enjoyed the original when it was released, even if more recent watches of it made it seem a little corny and cliche. In the sequel we move on to England and whilst the plot is similar to the first, we do have some of Britain's favourite Drama Actors included, in fact had this not been Basic Instinct 2 and it was not starring Sharon Stone, it could have been an ok tv Drama. Stone, however was over the top and was surely the corniest thing about the movie. Sort of hit and miss, easy watching, but forgettable.
Super Reviewer
you would think with a poster like that, Sharon Stone would show her snatch again but instead you get old 45-year old boobs in a hot tub. not that i wanted to see her snootch anyway. i mean, i haven't seen the first one, and if i did i wouldn't care for it anyway cause chicks over 30 are just putrid, soggy, pieces of petrified pilgrim wood to me. you also get to see stone sit in a chair with it turned the opposite way all sexily and shit. and see the wide spectrum of emotions drawn on the canvas of her poor, saturated face. the one she likes to use alot is desperation disguised as seduction, but if you have seen Basic Instinct 2, and you saw it because you sought out to see it because you liked the first one then you don't care about her ball-fattening performance. what you care about is her Amityville clock, vampire-bat winged, baseball gloved snizzy. and you won't get that. P.S.... 911th review, motherfuckers! im doing it for the victims of that cold september day. im doing it for freedom. if you're reading this review, you're helping support the troops.
I saw this sequel before seeing the original Basic Instinct and actually enjoyed it despite all the negativity the film received. After seeing the first one, I understand now why the film has received so much flack. This sequel is almost a copy of the first film, but with less trills, as we know how it will turn out. However Basic Instinct 2 is an entertaining film, not perfect, but awful either, I've worst films than this, and this film is far from the worst that I've seen. Sharon Stone reprises her role from the first film, and again she is the subject of a murder investigation. Basic Instinct 2 is basically the same film, but it slightly modified to make it "different". The film good for what it is, but it's not excellent, and is worth at least a rental. This is just an entertaining two hour film that presents a different angle on the material presented in the first film. The acting in the film is average at best, nothing special and if you've seen this film, then you've seen this film. The film manages to be to entertaining, but it navigates familiar waters and in the end, you know whats going to happen. As far as sequels are concerned, Basic Instinct 2 is not as bad as the mainstream critics have claimed it to be, I enjoyed it, but I also think it could've been better too.
It's pretty weak if you compare to the first one. But if you don't compare...It's a decent film. This lead guy can't hold a candle to Michael Douglas. But he is okay. And as for Sharon Stone...I don't think she is too old. But she has lost a lot of that Cold, cunning, mystiqal look in her face. (Although it can be seen in some scenes). And it's nice that they have the same music from the first one. But on the other hand...it's not good...Since the music is great....and this movie is not.
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