Review of Basic Instinct 2 (2006) by Nolan M — 06 Feb 2015

14 years after the first Basic Instinct film caused a storm, plans for a sequel passed through various studios and various directors were attached. Then it came to Michael Caton-Jones, (Doc Hollywood (1991), Rob Roy (1993) and The Jackal (1997)), who decided to have a go.

But the problem is the film has a very dodgy script and it feels like those erotic thrillers Channel 5 used to show on Friday nights. Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) now lives in London, and she's just been involved in a high-speed car crash with English footballer Kevin Franks (Stan Collymore).

He died, she survived, and while Scotland Yard Detective Supt. Roy Washburn (David Thewlis) tries to send her down for murder, she gets off on a technicality. Tramell is ordered to see psychiatrist Dr.

Michael Glass (David Morrissey), who believes Tramell is a narcissist. However, after people closely associated with Glass end up dead, Glass suspects Tramell did it, and his suspicions are further aroused when he reads the manuscript of Tramell's latest novel, which is a bit too close to reality.

.. It should have been a good film, but it's horribly dated, and the plot simply doesn't ring true and moving it to London doesn't work either, which is a shame. Stone is brilliant though, but that sadly doesn't a good film make.

It makes you wonder how bad the other proposals were before they settled on this plot.