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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Basic Instinct was a huge hit and a cultural phenomenon when it was released and it is easy to see why. The sex scenes are raw and just a few steps away from being a legitimate pornographic film. The violence- although not often- is quite brutal and the blood flows like water. But the film is quite good as a detective story. Michael Douglas was in top form back when this came out and Sharon Stone finally hit the big leagues after playing the famous Catherine Tramell character. Featuring great noir-ish overtone and gorgeous locations Basic Instinct is a winner

My real rating is 9, but I gave 10 because people are giving bad rating for stupid things. People do not understand plot and they are acting like they didnt saw the movie... Please do not read al reviews, just enjoy this amazing movie!

I first came across Dutch director Paul Verhoeven when I saw Robocop in the late 1980s, and I found his sly, quietly satirical humour appealing. I didn't catch Basic Instinct when it first came out in the early 1990s, to all-round notoriety for 'that scene' and was generally panned by the critics, and the next Verhoeven film I caught was Black Book, which did not impress me much at all. I thought it was cheesy and derivative and ordinary. As for Starship Trooper and Total Recall, I haven't been there yet, but plan to in the next few days. But Black Book rather put me off Verhoeven.Last night I watched Basic Instinct and the admiration was back, though not just for the quiet, satirical humour, but for the man's utterly successful recreation of film noir. He has it off to a T: everything, from the convoluted plot, the snappy 'cool' dialogue', the incessant, urgent background score and, of course, the irresistible femme fatale who you just know is a total wrong 'un but, like the male lead, just can't help falling in love with. In addition, and more subtly, he has the camera perpetually moving, nothing is static, which makes for far more interesting shots, but which also adds to a certain intrigue.I caught the uncensored version which features rather a lot of sex. I gather the cinema release was rather more restrained and I have to say I don't think the film particularly gains from the extended sex scenes. Some might prefer more rather than less of Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone writhing this way and that, but to be frank I can take it or leave it. I'm not at all offended, but there is a suspicion it is all just a little gratuitous. But what the hell.The convoluted plot is, of course, entirely ludicrous and utterly implausible, and once you get a moment to reflect - though that moment is quite delayed by the enjoyment of Verhoeven's success in carrying it all off - it doesn't really bear scrutiny at all. But as is oddly the way with these films, Basic Instinct has somehow won you over - especially if you like, as I do, all those hard-bitten film noir - and you just think 'oh, what the hell'. 'Why would so-and-so go to all that trouble just to...?' - oh, what the hell. It's that kind of film.The critics didn't much like it and had it not had Michael Douglas as one of the leads, they all suggest would have been banished to B-movieland. But the fact is, it did (have Michael Douglas as a lead) and it wasn't.Especial mention must, though, go to Sharon Stone for her performance and, game lady that she so obviously is, 'that shot' (you know, the one which so excites adolescent boys). I also caught her in Scorsese's Casino in which her performance won here an Oscar, and I'm not at all surprised that she was honoured (she was nominated for her role here, but didn't win). There is in Basic Instinct - although not in Casino - an amused, detached quality to everything she does which is wholly appealing, but which doesn't undermine the film but add to it.So there you have it: if you like film noir - melodrama squared, snappy lines and all the rest - go for it. By me, at least, Basic Instinct comes highly recommended.PS Even the - equally ludicrous - final shot of the whole film which pretty much makes a nonsense of all that's gone before can't be faulted. As I say, one of Verhoeven's attractive qualities, for me at least, is his quiet and understated satire.

This is my fourth favorite Paul Verhoeven film and my favorite Michael Douglas film it is a mystery psycho thriller that it is also neo-noir erotic thriller with Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. I always was been a fan on this film I have the unrated version on Blu-ray disc and I always enjoy this film. It is definitely one of my favorite Michael Douglas films. I think Michael Douglas does a great job as Detective Nick Curran also his acting performance is very solid. I think Sharon Stone does a brilliant acting performance as Catherine Tramell she is one of the best fictional character and main antagonist. Sharon Stone also did a cameo scene portraying her character in Last Action Hero (1993) Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. I love this movie to death and it is my favorite psycho thriller. I am not seeing the sequel because to me the sequel is a peace of sh**t movie and I hate it to death! I rent this movie in a video store on VHS tape when I was a teen in a high school and before that I watch it on TV and I like it and I enjoy it.Plot: A former rock star, Johnny Boz, is brutally killed during sex, and the case is assigned to detective Nick Curran of the SFPD. During the investigation, Nick meets Catherine Tramell, a crime novelist who was Boz's girlfriend when he died. Catherine proves to be a very clever and manipulative woman, and though Nick is more or less convinced that she murdered Boz, he is unable to find any evidence. Later, when Nilsen, Nick's rival in the police, is killed, Nick suspects of Catherine's involvement in it. He then starts to play a dangerous lust-filled mind game with Catherine to nail her, but as their relationship progresses, the body count rises and contradicting evidences force Nick to start questioning his own suspicions about Catherine's guilt.I love this mystery thriller, Jerry Goldsmith does a wonder music score that I love it. I love this movie to death. It is a bout a brilliant killer if you watch the unrated version you see a beautiful naked girl who stabs with an ice pick a rock star and it is a gory death, she takes an ice pick and she stabs him once through his neck once trough his nose, and once trough his chest. This is a really good nice nasty effect, it is pretty decently graphic and I think Rob Bottin did that effect who worked before with Paul Verhoeven.I love when Catherine Tramell re-crosses her legs to show that she is not wearing underwear beneath her short skirt, she smokes a cigarette in a white dress and she sits on a chair in the police station, man o man she is so sexy I would so love to date her. I would definitely fall in love with her like Nick Curran. Anyway the movie is such a mystery that even I am skeptical like Dana Scully from The X-Files, which I am one of those people who believe that Catherine Tramell did not murder people but she did manipulative others to murder for her. I am actually convinced that Dr. Beth Garner (Jeanne Tripplehorn) murder her husband, Johnny Boz and even Detective Gus Moran (George Dzundza).For 1992 it is definitely my favorite films the movie was nominated for 2 Oscars for best editing and best music score. I think it is excellent directing from Paul Verhoeven. Basic Instinct: The Director's Cut adds a couple quick "cuts" of violence in the movie's opening and extended sexual scenes. Basic Instinct really is the quint essential "Who Dunn it" film with more twists and turns playing on the audience than most. The acting is superb all around and Sharon Stone does a masterful job adding this enveloping and persistent tension with each encounter. What does shine here is the musical score. The main montage is a beautiful and haunting piece that is subtle yet very powerful almost on a subconscious level. Basic Instinct is a true movie of entertainment augmented by excellent directing, acting, music and plot.This movie has also actor like are: Bruce A. Young I remember him from The Sentinel (1996) Canadian TV series that my mom loved to watched. I thought I saw Mitch Pileggi in it from The X-Files, Shocker and Three O'Clock High (1987) and he is in it. It is Mitch Pileggi in a cameo scene. George Dzundza does a really solid job as Detective Gus Moran he is really likable. Jeanne Tripplehorn is also sexy and a fine job as Dr. Beth Garner. I also love that you have more serial killers in this movie more murders than just one. You have one car chase, you have beautiful women and I love the mystery's and backgrounds that Nick is investigating and chasing I loved it. The rating I give to this film is 10/10 Hitchcock would have been very proud of this effort. It's a very dark and sexually explicit modern day thriller. Sharon Stone is perfectly cast as the demented femme fatale it is my favorite film. Basic Instinct is a 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas, and starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. The film follows a police detective, Nick Curran (Douglas), who is investigating the brutal murder of a wealthy rock star. During the investigation Curran becomes involved in a torrid and intense relationship with the prime suspect, Catherine Tramell (Stone), an enigmatic writer.10/10 Grade: Bad Ass Seal Of Approval Studio: TriStar Pictures, Carolco Pictures Starring: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Leilani Sarelle, Bruce A. Young, Chelcie Ross, Dorothy Malone, Wayne Knight, Jack McGee Director: Paul Verhoeven Producer: Alan Marshall Writer: Joe Eszterhas Rated: R Running Time: 2Hr. 08 Mins. Budget: $49.000.000 Box Office: $352,700,000