Basic Instinct 2 -Unrated Extended Cut (Widescreen Edition) Reviews
Basic Instinct 2 -Unrated Extended Cut (Widescreen Edition)
- Basic Instinct 2 -Unrated Extended Cut (Widescreen Edition) [DVD] [2006]
Basic Instinct 2 -Unrated Extended Cut (Widescreen Edition)
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Neither Uncut NOR extended! Total Deception!,
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.
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|Good, Raunchy Fun!,
Basic Instinct 2 is fine, campy fun. People who see this and take it too seriously simply just won’t get it. This film is about the most menacing, conniving and manipulating vixen every put forth. Everyone who gets involved with her either dies or gets taken through the ringer. She uses sex as a weapon, and she’s always one step ahead of everyone.
Sure, Sharon is trying a bit too hard in this film–the excessive hair-flipping is a bit much–but this is totally understandable. The first film was her best performance ever, plus it was the film that put her on the map. In the first film she had a unique, charming quality where should go from the sweetest, condescending seductress to the most evil woman around in the same sentence. Here, we find a much more hardened Catherine Tramell. Is this how Sharon’s acting has evolved, or is this how Catherine has evolved as a person 14 years after the original? You be the judge. Regardless, Stone at age 47 is flat-out still hot.
The biggest flaw I see in this film–like the first film–is a less-than-sexy, whatever leading man. Sure Michael Douglas is a fine actor, but come on, they could’ve picked someone much sexier. The same goes for this film, Clive Owen would have been an excellent choice, or even Pierce Brosnan. David Morrissey just doesn’t cut it.
I also feel shorted because–after seeing the uncut promo reel–there’s been a ton of things cut out of the R-rated version. For example, in the reel Sharon is seen with yet another girlfriend hanging out with her in her stunning London flat; what happened to her? They are also shown in a threesome. So, to get the R-rating they had to cut the entire character out? This is why I long for the uncut, unrated version. The film seemed a bit short and rushed in parts, probably because 20 minutes or so were cut out.
Overall, I feel the film is fun and entertaining to the end, despite its short-comings. Sharon Stone was forced to carry the film on her own and she does a pretty good job considering, despite critics going to town on the film–they would’ve no matter who was in it and how good it was. It simply existed so they have to slam it; however, that’s what they get for waiting 14 years to make the sequel.
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|Showgirls Meets Murder She Wrote!,
This is the best bad movie to be released in ages and Sharon Stone knows it. This actress is in on the joke of this movie even if the rest of the crew are not. She just chews up the scenery and spits it out in your face.
I knew this was going to be the best trash since Showgirls and I was right! Opening weekend in a 25% full theater in a metropolitan city and the audience was howling at the dialogue and convoluted plot twists. It was hilarious and Sharon Stone should be more proud of her work here than Casino! I pray this sweeps the razzies and gets the acclaim it deserves!
I would only change one thing and that’s the length of this crapsterpiece. It just did not need to be so long. At the end of the movie I stood and applauded as the whole audience screamed with laughter. They enjoyed this for what it is: A bad movie to LOVE.
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