Basic Instinct 2

Product Description

A beautiful crime novelist suspected of murder plays a deadly game with the psychiatrist investigating her.

• Starring: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey
• Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
• Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes
• Release year: 2006
• Studio: MGM/Columbia

Product Details

• Synopsis: A beautiful crime novelist suspected of murder plays a deadly game with the psychiatrist investigating her.
• Starring: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey
• Supporting actors: Charlotte Rampling, David Thewlis
• Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
• Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
• Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes
• Release year: 2006
• Studio: MGM/Columbia
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• MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity, violence, language and some drug content (cut)
• ASIN: B000I8G5DK
• Rights ; Requirements
• Rental rights: hour viewing period. Due to licensing restrictions, this title expires Apr 2, 10:15 PM PDT. Details
• Purchase rights: Stream instantly and download to 2 locations. Details
• Compatible with: Mac and Windows PC online viewing, compatible instant streaming devices, TiVo DVRs. System requirements
• Format: Amazon Instant Video (streaming online video and digital download)
• Also available on DVD

• Basic Instinct 2 (Unrated) DVD ~ Stan Collymore

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• Theatrical Release Information
• US Theatrical Release Date: March 29, 2006
• MPAA: Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity, violence, language and some drug content (cut)
• Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), C-2 Pictures, Intermedia Films, IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH ; Co. 3. Produktions KG, Kanzaman
• USA Box Office: $ 5 Million
• Budget Estimate: $ 70 Million
• Also Known As: Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction / Risk Addiction
• Filming Locations: Berwick Street, Soho, London, England, UK | Broadgate, London, England, UK | Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, England, UK | England, UK | Freemason's Hall, Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London, England, UK | Heron Quays, Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, England, UK | Limehouse Link Tunnel, Limehouse, London, England, UK | London, England, UK | Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London, England, UK | Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK | Royal Holloway College, Egham, Surrey, England, UK | Swiss Re Tower - The Gherkin, St. Mary Axe, Broadgate, London, England, UK

Technical Details

• US Theatrical Release Date: March 29, 2006
• MPAA: Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity, violence, language and some drug content (cut)
• Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), C-2 Pictures, Intermedia Films, IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH ; Co. 3. Produktions KG, Kanzaman
• USA Box Office: $ 5 Million
• Budget Estimate: $ 70 Million
• Also Known As: Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction / Risk Addiction
• Filming Locations: Berwick Street, Soho, London, England, UK | Broadgate, London, England, UK | Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, England, UK | England, UK | Freemason's Hall, Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London, England, UK | Heron Quays, Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, England, UK | Limehouse Link Tunnel, Limehouse, London, England, UK | London, England, UK | Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London, England, UK | Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK | Royal Holloway College, Egham, Surrey, England, UK | Swiss Re Tower - The Gherkin, St. Mary Axe, Broadgate, London, England, UK

 

Basic Instinct 2

 

Customer Reviews

I can't beleive I'm the first to mention this! There are a few "good" (wink-wink) scenes which have been removed from this DVD version! A lesbian scene and part of Stone's hot tub scene are gone. It' seems clear that the makers of this film are depserately trying to lose as much money as possible. Although perhaps this DVD is selling well for them since they've went to the extent of flat out lieing to the consumer about it's content. Studio DVD labels make me laugh with their "Unrated-Uncut" sellpoint that always amounts to almost nothing interesting.. but this is unusual since the DVD is actually MISSING scenes. Tragic.

Catherine Tramell is the perfect role for Sharon Stone who, though not a great actress is certainly a screen "personality" : someone that commands your attention. You simply cannot take your eyes off of her perennially, it seems, gorgeous face and body.
In her other roles, other than arguably in "Casino," there is a falseness in Stone's approach as if there is a scrim between her and us...her technique "shows" and she is simply not effective.
But in both "Basic Instincts," Stone has found the role of a lifetime: one in which everything about her persona, her acting abilities and her charisma come together and form a cogent performance. And believe me, Stone's Catherine Tramell is a chew-the-scenery, gut-splitting, batten-down-the-hatches p-e-r-f-o-r-m-a-n-c-e.
"Basic Instinct 2" is much better than it has any right to be: the screenplay, is pretty good, David Morrissey as Dr. Andrew Glass: Catherine's foil, plaything, Psychiatrist, though at first kind of a stick in the mud...ends up being an interesting, edgy character. The sublime Charlotte Rampling is also on hand to add weight and substance to the proceedings as Glass' mentor. But the real acting honors go to David Thewlis as a slimy, maybe-lying-maybe not lying, conniving, profanity spouting detective Roy Washburn. Thewlis chews through all the plot machinations and screenplay inconsistencies with his sterling acting chops.
"Basic Instinct 2" is ultimately an effective entertainment though not quite on the level of a so-bad-it's good, way, way over-the-top movie like "Showgirls." If anything "B.I. 2" is too safe, too perfect looking for it's own good.