Basic Instinct 2

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Basic Instinct 2

R

2006

1h 54m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

Romance

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After a crash that kills her boyfriend, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) has her car searched by the police, who find illegal drugs. Prosecutors handling her case send Tramell to see psychiatrist Michael Glass (David Morrissey). Glass determines that Tramell, a novelist whose books deal with sensational murders, might just be a dangerous person herself. But his findings don't prevent him from embarking on a sexually charged relationship with the cunning cougar.

Critics Consensus

Unable to match the suspense and titilation of its predecessor, Basic Instinct 2 boasts a plot so ludicrous and predictable it borders on "so-bad-it's-good."

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Oct 7, 2018

1/5

Morrissey gives a good impersonation of a lobotomised Liam Neeson: possibly the only way to play a character dead from the script upwards.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jan 27, 2007

1/5

Poor Sharon Stone. She's still big; it's the erotic thrillers that got small.

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Linda Ruth Williams

Sight & Sound

Sep 28, 2006

This is psychoanalytic fable rewritten as pulp fiction. Perhaps that's why it's so ludicrously entertaining.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jul 29, 2021

1/5

...settles for a downgraded remake of the first film...

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Jan 31, 2021

.5/5

Stone appears to have torn a page from the soap-opera textbook of come-hither acting.

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Joe Lipsett

Bloody Disgusting

Feb 22, 2020

Glass is clearly meant to be a morally gray doctor...but that ambiguity and Morrissey's lack of sexual chemistry with Stone (who is vacant in her second go at the character) simply drains the life from this whole enterprise.

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Huntin P

@PaxVobiscum80 Sep 14, 2026

Utterly risible follow-up, fourteen years on, and much too late. What was Stone thinking? More proof that Rampling can't tell culture from eurotrash. Everyone in this has earned the right to be embarrassed. Mutton not even dressed as lamb, and not even a droplet of gravy to lubricate it. urgh.

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House of L

@RT07510618 Apr 11, 2026

Not sure why all the hate. I love the original. Seems like peeps only mention that and this is crap. Loved that she moved to the UK and it’s mainly British (I am American but soo love me British cinema and shows. I saw this in theaters when it came out and soo had a lot of fun. Then I watched the first one and omg is it a masterpiece. This one isn’t but it’s not bad at all. If first was never made I think this would have gotten a lot better reviews that are Les bias. Kinda annoying people do this. I went in blind of source material and found it an engaging thriller with soo many good moments. The opening kill is epic and great way to start off the movie.

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bob C

@RT46426964 Mar 15, 2026

Stone the low rent Monroe of the era, but the others are u/s.

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Janice M

@elizabethjan Aug 7, 2025

Pretty much porn with an unbelievable story.

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Rehan T

@RT81460504 May 24, 2025

Absolute and pure dogshit...

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Julian S

@akajulianscott May 20, 2025

BASIC INSTINCT 2 isn’t as bad as they say, but it’s nothing to defend. The gloomy English backdrop suits a script that stumbles from start to finish. Still, Stone owns every scene—almost by force of will.

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Synopsis

After a crash that kills her boyfriend, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) has her car searched by the police, who find illegal drugs. Prosecutors handling her case send Tramell to see psychiatrist Michael Glass (David Morrissey). Glass determines that Tramell, a novelist whose books deal with sensational murders, might just be a dangerous person herself. But his findings don't prevent him from embarking on a sexually charged relationship with the cunning cougar.

Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Producer: Mario Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna, Moritz Borman, Joel B. Michaels
Screenwriter: Leora Barish, Henry Bean
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: C-2 Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Intermedia Productions
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Some Drug Content|Strong Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 31, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.9M
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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