Basic Instinct

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Don J Jul 10, 2021 Saw the new 4K remaster of Basic Instinct (2021) produced by Rialto Pictures and Studio Canal. The transfer was really good and clean and felt fresh for a movie that is almost 30 years old. I had not seen this movie in about 15 years, so seeing it on the big screen felt pretty fresh. Is Basic Instinct a great movie? No. But, I think it was a bold movie for it's time to take on some really explicit material including sexual and sadistic violence, which many producers didn't have the courage to take on before. The movie's main strength is the electrifying chemistry between Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. See more Robert P @Superbad 6 hrs ago Basic Instinct = a *3* star Movie! See more Huntin P @PaxVobiscum80 14 hrs ago Basic Instinct is a terrific, erotic thriller. It is exactly what an erotic thriller ought to be. Dangerous. Made in homage to Alfred Hitchcock and likewise his composer, Bernard Hermann, Paul Verhoeven and Jerry Goldsmith marry energetic direction to melodramatic music, and the actors throw themselves into the bedroom frenzy with aplomb. I don't know if Basic Instinct officially kicked off the craze for erotic themes in movies and TV (a slam-dance, Douglas called it), but it was definitely in there, a progenitor. The movie was the making of Sharon Stone's career. Her subsequent whinging, well, women are incorrigibly feminine sometimes, now aren't they? For the record, the uncrossing the legs scene has never impressed me one iota. The intercourse, however, is blistering hot. The slayings are also very gory. Not for the nervous or the prudish. See more nick S @Nick_S 2 days ago A great cast. The plot was a bit overwrought with a few too many coincidences and conveniences. The police investigation was about as sophisticated as film noir. No such thing as DNA apparently. The dialogue was particularly artificial. It was a credit to the cast that they pulled this off. So not a bad movie but not one of MDs best. See more Chris S @Janomi Jul 5, 2026 Basic Instinct has the sleek, dangerous atmosphere that helped define the early-’90s erotic thriller. Paul Verhoeven leans into the glamour, paranoia, sex, violence, and psychological games with total confidence, giving the film a bold, provocative identity. Sharon Stone completely owns it as Catherine Tramell, making her seductive, icy, playful, and impossible to read. Her tension with Michael Douglas’s Nick Curran is easily the film’s biggest hook, shifting between attraction, suspicion, manipulation, and self-destruction. The mystery has plenty of intrigue, but the twists, suspects, and police drama can feel more lurid than airtight. Nick is also so reckless and unpleasant that he leaves the film with a cold emotional center. There’s plenty to like here, especially Stone’s magnetic performance, but the shock value sometimes overshadows the story. See more André D @RT63576551 Apr 30, 2026 This movie deserved a much higher rating. The script is impeccable, and the mix of romance with a crime thriller turned out perfectly. I really liked it. See more Read all reviews

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