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Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction [Blu-ray] [2006] [US Import] | ![Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction [Blu-ray] [2006] [US Import]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Xe8O7IKVL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Michael Caton-jones
Actors: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis, Stan Collymore, Neil Maskell
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
Buy New: £16.95
New (16) Used (5) from £14.06
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 29839
Format: Ac-3, Colour, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 114
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: COLBR15382
UPC: 043396153820
EAN: 0043396153820
ASIN: B000FS9UKS
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: July 11, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW items direct from the USA. Please allow 5 to 10 business days for delivery.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Loved it - does not deserve the criticism it got March 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The critics tore it apart unjustly. God knows why - it really isn't that bad. It must have just been fashionable to ridicule it. The acting is good, London looks gorgeous as ever, and Sharon Stone is as sexy at 48 than she was in Basic Instinct 1 - possibly even sexier. Well, no, maybe that's stretching it a little far. Morrissey (from 'Blackpool') is very good too, as is Thewliss. OK some of the script is a little cringey and was clearly not written by a Brit, but this is a minor point. As a whodunnit, it's perfect. Keeps you guessing throughout, in the same style as Basic Instinct 1. What more do you possibly want? Citizen bloody Kane? What do you expect from a sequel to Basic Instinct 1, fourteen years on? Well to be honest, I didn't expect anything nearly as good as this. I was pleasantly surprised, and if you have an open mind, so will you too. Language can be a little fruity at times if that bothers you - but what film doesn't these days. Certainly didn't bother me, but I am sure it does some....
 Not as good as the first one but worth a look May 15, 2007
I've always had a special place in my heart for the first Basic
Instinct movie. Back in the early 90s, you didn't have instant internet
access like you have today. So the easiest way for adolescent males to
look at naked female bodies was to head over to your local video store
and rent any one of the broad selection of outdated low budget action
movies that were available to you. Needless to say those films were not
exactly top of the line material. But then came along Basic Instinct, a
film loved by male teens whose hormones were running amok, adults
looking for an exciting thriller, or just curious what all the fuzz was
about, and film critics alike. Basic Instinct was special because it
was not only sexually provocative (remember the interrogation and
bondage scenes) but also had a strong cast, a good storyline, well
developed characters, beautiful photography, fast cars and a nice
setting. It was a violent police thriller in which the central
character and main draw was a pantiless femme fatale with a taste for
all things extreme and directed by the accomplished Paul Verhoeven, a
Dutchman famous for making for harsh films with a touch of sexual
provocation. Fast forward to Basic Instinct 2. Whereas Cahterine
Tramell was the most intriguing figure in the first movie, she was
surrounded by other equally well developed characters. Nick Kurran was
the borderline cop, played by Michael Douglas, who became obsessed by
the beautiful and dangerous Tramell, Jeanne Tripplehorn portrayed the
jealous co-worker and Leilani Sarelle was Sharon Stone's lesbian love
interest, which pretty revolutionary in early 90s mainstream cinema.
The sequel shows Catherine Tramell living in London and that's about
it. Caught in her web this time around is Stan Collymore, a boring
psychologist whose life is influenced by equally uninteresting women:
the sexually unsatisfied ex-wife, a mother figure and mentor and some
kind of love interest. I suspect the cliche London setting and
subsequent cast of unknown actors was done for financial reasons. There
is not a whole lot to say about the story. The movie starts off with a
famous soccer player getting killed while he's making love to Catherine
in her car while she's doing 110 miles an hour in downtown London,
which is immediately the most exciting sexual scene in the whole movie.
There is one other where Collymore has sex with his would-be girlfriend
but that's a poor reproduction of Michael Douglas letting his
suppressed sexual appetites rage havoc on Jeane Tripplehorn. The other
erotic scenes are pretty lame compared to today's standards, especially
after such extreme opening credits and taking into consideration
Catherine Tramell's sexy outfits. Why would anyone want to go see an
erotic thriller whose love scenes are tamer than a Britney Spears
concert? Sharon Stone does look as beautiful and seductive as she did
in the first film. However, whereas in the early 90s Catherine Tramell
wore sexy outfits, made even more exciting because it was obvious she
didn't wear any underwear, she was still pretty elegantly dressed. Her
clothes in the sequel are designed for the sole purpose of turning men
on. So all in all, I conclude that director Michael Caton-Jones has
pretty much exploited the sexually provocative aspect of the first
movie (but not in a very good way, unless the unrated version features
a lot of spicy cut scenes) and neglected all of the other aspects that
made Paul Verhoeven's film so special. Is it any coincidence he's since
gone on to direct the critically acclaimed Blackbook and Basic Instinct
2 was nominated for worst film of 2006? So, if you were an adolescent
male in the early 90s, whose sexual fantasies where forever influenced
by Miss Tramell or if you just like Sharon Stone, who looks as good as
ever, go check this film out, even if it's just for nostalgia's sake.
If it's an exciting crime story you're looking for, better go watch one
of the other erotic thrillers Basic Instinct paved the way for, like
Body of Evidence, Disclosure or Sliver.
Not as good as the first one but worth a look May 15, 2007
I've always had a special place in my heart for the first Basic
Instinct movie. Back in the early 90s, you didn't have instant internet
access like you have today. So the easiest way for adolescent males to
look at naked female bodies was to head over to your local video store
and rent any one of the broad selection of outdated low budget action
movies that were available to you. Needless to say those films were not
exactly top of the line material. But then came along Basic Instinct, a
film loved by male teens whose hormones were running amok, adults
looking for an exciting thriller, or just curious what all the fuzz was
about, and film critics alike. Basic Instinct was special because it
was not only sexually provocative (remember the interrogation and
bondage scenes) but also had a strong cast, a good storyline, well
developed characters, beautiful photography, fast cars and a nice
setting. It was a violent police thriller in which the central
character and main draw was a pantiless femme fatale with a taste for
all things extreme and directed by the accomplished Paul Verhoeven, a
Dutchman famous for making for harsh films with a touch of sexual
provocation. Fast forward to Basic Instinct 2. Whereas Cahterine
Tramell was the most intriguing figure in the first movie, she was
surrounded by other equally well developed characters. Nick Kurran was
the borderline cop, played by Michael Douglas, who became obsessed by
the beautiful and dangerous Tramell, Jeanne Tripplehorn portrayed the
jealous co-worker and Leilani Sarelle was Sharon Stone's lesbian love
interest, which pretty revolutionary in early 90s mainstream cinema.
The sequel shows Catherine Tramell living in London and that's about
it. Caught in her web this time around is Stan Collymore, a boring
psychologist whose life is influenced by equally uninteresting women:
the sexually unsatisfied ex-wife, a mother figure and mentor and some
kind of love interest. I suspect the cliche London setting and
subsequent cast of unknown actors was done for financial reasons. There
is not a whole lot to say about the story. The movie starts off with a
famous soccer player getting killed while he's making love to Catherine
in her car while she's doing 110 miles an hour in downtown London,
which is immediately the most exciting sexual scene in the whole movie.
There is one other where Collymore has sex with his would-be girlfriend
but that's a poor reproduction of Michael Douglas letting his
suppressed sexual appetites rage havoc on Jeane Tripplehorn. The other
erotic scenes are pretty lame compared to today's standards, especially
after such extreme opening credits and taking into consideration
Catherine Tramell's sexy outfits. Why would anyone want to go see an
erotic thriller whose love scenes are tamer than a Britney Spears
concert? Sharon Stone does look as beautiful and seductive as she did
in the first film. However, whereas in the early 90s Catherine Tramell
wore sexy outfits, made even more exciting because it was obvious she
didn't wear any underwear, she was still pretty elegantly dressed. Her
clothes in the sequel are designed for the sole purpose of turning men
on. So all in all, I conclude that director Michael Caton-Jones has
pretty much exploited the sexually provocative aspect of the first
movie (but not in a very good way, unless the unrated version features
a lot of spicy cut scenes) and neglected all of the other aspects that
made Paul Verhoeven's film so special. Is it any coincidence he's since
gone on to direct the critically acclaimed Blackbook and Basic Instinct
2 was nominated for worst film of 2006? So, if you were an adolescent
male in the early 90s, whose sexual fantasies where forever influenced
by Miss Tramell or if you just like Sharon Stone, who looks as good as
ever, go check this film out, even if it's just for nostalgia's sake.
If it's an exciting crime story you're looking for, better go watch one
of the other erotic thrillers Basic Instinct paved the way for, like
Body of Evidence, Disclosure or Sliver.
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