bellino-angelo2014 Ok, I know that many wouldn't agree with me, but I think that BASIC INSTINCT is one of the worst movies ever made in the last fifty years - especially since it reached a cult status and many, including a friend of mine, love it (!!!). It's one of the many depraved thrillers of the 1990s. Instead of good film making, Paul Verhoeven decided to write a corny and nasty thriller. It resulted in a wild assault on sensibility using many bad words, many violence and including lots and lots of sex scenes with Stone and Douglas. It's easy to say many bad words and put many sex scenes in a movie, but this ruined the movie, since the writing was absent and was, I think, written by a turtle. And the movie was supposed to be great? NO WAY IN HELL! Verhoeven's mantra was 'in doubt, let Michael Douglas exploding of anger and have sex with Sharon Stone like 5 times in the movie, yeah, 5 TIMES!!!''. Many praised Douglas and Stone's performance, but for me they were very broad and clownish, and mating all the time like crazed dolphins. (a big facepalm follows) There is no subtlety and nothing good in the movie.I think that this movie is adequate only to a stupid and sex-crazed audience that is used to have the brain damaged by these movies. Stay away from this movie like poison, you will be proud of following my advice! Even Harold P. Warren (the director of ''Manos the Hands of Fate'') could have made a better movie given the budget for this movie.

mm-39 An erotic thriller! Sharon Stone aka Catherine Tramell character is an author who writes books with story lines that are similar to murders coincidentally Catherine's been around. Circumstantial evidence or something more? Michael Douglas ask Detective Nick Curran detective is on the case! Basic Instinct has a story line of Catherine toying and playing with the detective department and Curran become to intimately involved. The supporting characters become involved and are played in and out by the story line, just like Catherine's plays with the characters. George Dzundza aka Gus character interaction adds a gruff counter balance helping Curran out. Jeanne Tripplehorn Dr. Beth Garner is the voice of reason as an harbinger of what's to come. The back and forth story layers more tension as the climax slowly builds. Teasing which character has what motives. Basic Instinct's climax does not disappoint. A solid eight stars.

Kirpianuscus its success. its art to change the rules of thriller. the smart use of ambiguity and taboo. and Paul Verhoever. memorable scenes, Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas in one of essential points of career and the obsessive music. a film who escapes from definitions. and who makes history. its force of seduction remains the same. its magic and provocative sensuality and impeccable story. because it is one of models for a genre who escapes from old standards. and an experiment. from one of the most uncomfortable directors.

residentevil6901 I was almost 19 when this came out and my friends and I were so excited to see it as we were looking forward to the great sex scenes it had. Of course we loved it and this has become a guilty pleasure movie for me ever since. I now love it for everything else besides the sex scenes. It's a great thriller with great acting from every one involved. Sharon Stone was perfect for this role and I really love the way Michael Douglas plays his part. Tripplehorn looked the best I've ever seen her in this and Denis Arndt is great as Lieutenant Walker.I've read a lot of arguing over the years as who the real killer ended up being with many people believing it was Catherine. The movie definitely leaves it open to interpreting it all on your own and it's like the bible where you can read a passage but get different meaning out of it. I always took it like Dr Garner was working with Catherine or Dr Garner was working alone and Catherine was just going along with it. The whole Ice Pick under the bed part at the end I felt was there to leave you guessing. I like it being Dr Garner as the killer.