Sharon Stone Movie:

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Editorial Review:
The take-no-prisoners sex thriller from 1992 now stands as a milestone in the career of screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, but in the hands of director Paul Verhoeven Basic Instinct is an undeniably stylish and provocative study of obsession. In the role that made her a star (and showed the audience a little more skin than she intended), Sharon Stone plays the cleverly manipulative novelist Catherine Tramell who snares San Francisco detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) with her insatiable sexual appetite during the investigation of her boyfriend's murder. Tramell is the prime suspect, but the plot twists and turns until Curran is trapped in a dangerous cycle of dead ends and unsolved murders, never sure if Tramell is committing the crimes or if it is some other, unknown suspect. With a plot that keeps viewers guessing, Basic Instinct is the work of a director who is clearly in his element. --Jeff Shannon

Basic Instinct [Region 2] Reviews:
Good Packaging of an American Classic
2009-11-24 - I'm a big fan of this movie. I wasn't ever allowed to see it under my parents, but now that they're out of my hair I finally got around to checking this one out. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love learning more about how our culture came to be, and I think this movie showed me some things about my parent generation. I guess I should be rating the delivery and packaging, though, instead of the actual film. I've popped in this version of Basic Instinct twice now and have no complaints to report! But, as long as the original is preserved, I'm pleased, so I guess I'm not a hard customer.

Great movie, regardless, but I can't compare this packaging of it to another.

basic instinct
2009-11-17 - no review would would not play in blu- ray player. Helena mt

Beyond good and evil...
2009-11-10 - I had not seen this film in years, but it certainly looks good on blu-ray. This film has been remastered and it looks fabulous. It also comes with commentary by noted author Camille Paglia, and a documentary about the making of the film. One thing that struck me after not seeing this film for so many years was the beauty of the scenes that are set around San Francisco. This film is also a homage to Alfred Hitchcock, with many of the shots referring back to one of Paul Verhoeven's favorite movies, Vertigo, with shots looking down spiral staircases, or the characters often being shown near edges of cliffs, such as when they are traveling by car.

But what struck me most of all about the film was the animal sexual rawness found in the film. The characters appear to be acting out their basic instincts, and moving beyond the normal codes of society. Catherine (Sharon Stone) is a tigress, a sexual predator, who is interested in sex for its own sake, not for procreation. She's not interested in settling down and having a family. It is only when Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) mentions that he's not interested in having children that Catherine apparently backs off from using the ice pick on him. She's also bisexual, as she is shown to have many partners, male and female, which again reiterates her freedom from society's common notions about what is right or wrong. She lives in a society that urges its members to create stable family units that can then be useful in creating a stable, conforming society. But she doesn't conform, she has no boundaries, she is beyond good and evil. She engages with those around her, manipulating and doing as she pleases. This is a highly entertaining film that holds up over time because it does push the envelope and continue to challenge the viewer on various levels.

basic ice pick
2009-10-04 - the ice pick at the end is not like the others. this movie is not like the others, esp not basic 2, which sucks the grand cahuula big time. beautiful scenery, beautiful people, beautiful writting, in a pervert-directed movie which makes everybody's list as best 10, or best 100, or best 1000, depending on what you are gathering together. sharon stone very gifted and very beautiful.
razor sharp film worth keeping and watching again time after time, like all the great ones, at least once every five years. evil women, men who are not whimps and therefore do not die of natural causes, and views into the very rich who are more fun to look at, and who live in better settings, often along the water.
it's too bad more women do not review this film, or films like it, because every man will own this movie one day, and perhaps only every third woman. but maybe not.
i was hoping rush limbaugh would play gus in basic instinct three, but after two, we all gave up.
i recommend this adventure to all who have realized an instinct or two sometime in the recent past...........

The best version of BI released, but not a quantum leap
2009-08-14 - There are a plethora of reviews of the movie, but my review is a comparison of the BD vs DVD version. The BD version is by far, the best version released. The video can be described as being cleaner, but not the eye popping sharpness one sees in other BD releases compared to their similar DVD versions. I cannot be sure this is from a generally soft focus used by cinematography or sub-par digital mastering. Audio has superior imaging and dynamic range. Some detail revealed is far greater and somewhat of a let down such as Ms. Stone's makeup is excessive, she is far more attractive in her 'audition' reels shown on the BD extras.