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Distinguished London psychiatrist Dr Glass (David Morrissey) is at the peak of his career. But his life is turned upside down when the superintendent of Scotland Yard asks him to evaluate a beautiful woman connected to the mysterious death of a famous sports star.
That woman in question is Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone). A best selling crime novelist whose horrifying fictional crimes eerily coincide with real-life crimes. They are immediately attracted to each other, and Dr Glass is lured into a seductive trap. In his neighborhood, weird things are happening, and multiple people are being mysteriously murdered.
The sophisticated plot recycles in an original way what we have seen before. In comparison to its subtle predecessor, the second installment is also incomparably more restrained in its “risqué” depiction of sexual scenes and violence. Erotic stew is more or less replaced by an obscene vocabulary. However, the filmmakers try to vary the most famous scenes (including a shot in which a seated writer shamelessly spreads her legs). And then, at the film’s end, one twist is replaced by another in a foolish attempt to mimic the original’s ambiguous punchline.
- IMDb rating: 44%.
- Genre: Thriller
- Original title: Basic Instinct 2
- Director: Michael Caton-Jones
- Cast: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling, David Thewlis, Indira Varma, Hugh Dancy, Terence Harvey
- Origin and premiere: USA, 2006
- Running time: 114 minutes
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