Basic Instinct 2

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Basic Instinct 2

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Released Mar 31, 2006

1h 55m

Mystery & Thriller

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After a crash that kills her boyfriend, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) has her car searched by the police, who find illegal drugs. Prosecutors handling her case send Tramell to see psychiatrist Michael Glass (David Morrissey). Glass determines that Tramell, a novelist whose books deal with sensational murders, might just be a dangerous person herself. But his findings don't prevent him from embarking on a sexually charged relationship with the cunning cougar.

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Critics Consensus

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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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Morrissey gives a good impersonation of a lobotomised Liam Neeson: possibly the only way to play a character dead from the script upwards.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 7, 2018

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Poor Sharon Stone. She's still big; it's the erotic thrillers that got small.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 27, 2007

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Linda Ruth Williams

Sight & Sound

This is psychoanalytic fable rewritten as pulp fiction. Perhaps that's why it's so ludicrously entertaining.

Sep 28, 2006

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...settles for a downgraded remake of the first film...

Rated: 1/5

Jul 29, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Stone appears to have torn a page from the soap-opera textbook of come-hither acting.

Rated: .5/5

Jan 31, 2021

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Joe Lipsett

Bloody Disgusting

Glass is clearly meant to be a morally gray doctor...but that ambiguity and Morrissey's lack of sexual chemistry with Stone (who is vacant in her second go at the character) simply drains the life from this whole enterprise.

Feb 22, 2020

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Audience Member

Absolute and pure dogshit...

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/24/25

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Julian S

BASIC INSTINCT 2 isn’t as bad as they say, but it’s nothing to defend. The gloomy English backdrop suits a script that stumbles from start to finish. Still, Stone owns every scene—almost by force of will.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/20/25

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thiago s

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, a história é fraca, os personagens sao fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes para fazer o filme ser bom, o filme tem o roteiro igual aí primeiro filme de 1992, a única coisa que muda, no filme é o local onde a Catarina tramell está que é em Londres, com tudo isso, eu não recomendo esse filme

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/15/25

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Sylvie P

One of the worst movies I have ever seen. Not sure why I kept watching...

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/28/24

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Marek D

Just watched it because of Sharon

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/16/24

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donnie m

sharon stone is a horrible actress-she should just do porn

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/15/23

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Synopsis

After a crash that kills her boyfriend, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) has her car searched by the police, who find illegal drugs. Prosecutors handling her case send Tramell to see psychiatrist Michael Glass (David Morrissey). Glass determines that Tramell, a novelist whose books deal with sensational murders, might just be a dangerous person herself. But his findings don't prevent him from embarking on a sexually charged relationship with the cunning cougar.

Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Producer: Mario Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna, Moritz Borman, Joel B. Michaels
Screenwriter: Leora Barish, Henry Bean
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: C-2 Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Intermedia Productions
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Some Drug Content|Strong Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 31, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.9M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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