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# Basic Instinct (Unrated Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]

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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 An erotically charged thriller about the search for an ice pick murderer in San Francisco. It rivets attention through its sleek style and attractive cast doing and thinking kinky things together with a weirdly implausible yet intensely visceral storyline.

Review: Superb - Where most of the attempts to reinvent film noir fail, this film succeeds. The concept of transgression is translated into a modernized setting in a way that embraces film noir values, but at the same time feels utterly non-derivative. Much of the plotting and dialogue is wonderfully complex and subtle, and Verhoeven gives the whole thing a uniquely perverse spin. The music is worth a viewing by itself, as it is stunningly effective. In a film like this, you don't expect a score so lush and romantic, but it works. The film has perhaps two knocks. It is, when all is said and done, a whodunit, and carries all the negatives of that genre, the worst of which is the plethora of hints dropped to implicate this character or that. The other knock is more serious. There is a giant hole in the story which becomes apparent at the very end. From the get-go, Trammel tells Nick that he (the detective in her story) is going to fall in love with the wrong woman and she's going to kill him. And of course the ice-pick revelation at the very end of the film is meant to confirm that. But none of this works. Trammel has spent years orchestrating the perfect crime, committing a string of murders and drawing a net around Garner/Hoberman to implicate the psychologist and put herself in the clear. Having succeeded with all of that, Trammel cannot kill Nick at the end--especially not with an icepick. That would blow the whole thing. Irrespective of that, BI is a great achievement and worth many viewings. Update 11/10/19: After a number of additional viewings, I might soften my criticism of the hole at the end. Trammel is diabolically rational and devious in engineering the appearance of Garner's guilt. But at the same time, the film does a good job of persuading us that she is a wildly emotional creature and genuinely distraught that all the people around her die. It could be argued that, despite having committed the perfect crime, she's so sick that she might kill Nick anyway, without concern for the consequences.
Review: A great thriller. - I am so impressed with this movie. For one thing it kept me on the edge of my seat trying to figure out what was really going on. And it wasn't stupid but well written. A nice thing about it was that there was no clear cut black and white for good guys and bad guys, or girls. As in true life some times we aren't as nice as we'd like other people to believe. The shots were fantastic. The directing and acting superb. Sharon Stone was fantastic. It was just a movie that was so well done, which is a real rarity. It is for adults with adult themes: Murder, sex, naked bodies, bi-sexuality, and adult language. It was done with class and was impressive as well. It is very much worth watching.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Contributor | Adilah Barnes, Benjamin Mouton, Bill Cable, Bradford English, Bruce A. Young, Byron Berline, Chelcie Ross, Daniel Von Bargen, David Wells, Denis Arndt, Dorothy Malone, Eric Poppick, Frank J. Urioste, Freda Foh Shen, George Dzundza, Howard Feuer, Irene Olga Lopez, Jack McGee, James Rebhorn, Jan de Bont, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jerry Goldsmith, Juanita Jennings, Julie Bond, Keith McDaniel, Leilani Sarelle, Mary Pat Gleason, Michael David Lally, Michael Douglas, Michael Halton, Mitch Pileggi, Paul Verhoeven, Peter Appel, Sharon Stone, Stephen Rowe, Stephen Tobolowsky, Wayne Knight, William Duff-Griffin Contributor Adilah Barnes, Benjamin Mouton, Bill Cable, Bradford English, Bruce A. Young, Byron Berline, Chelcie Ross, Daniel Von Bargen, David Wells, Denis Arndt, Dorothy Malone, Eric Poppick, Frank J. Urioste, Freda Foh Shen, George Dzundza, Howard Feuer, Irene Olga Lopez, Jack McGee, James Rebhorn, Jan de Bont, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jerry Goldsmith, Juanita Jennings, Julie Bond, Keith McDaniel, Leilani Sarelle, Mary Pat Gleason, Michael David Lally, Michael Douglas, Michael Halton, Mitch Pileggi, Paul Verhoeven, Peter Appel, Sharon Stone, Stephen Rowe, Stephen Tobolowsky, Wayne Knight, William Duff-Griffin See more |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 307 Reviews |
| Format | Blu-ray |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Initial release date | 1992-03-20 |
| Language | English |

## Product Details

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- **Language:** English
- **Runtime:** 2 hours and 8 minutes

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Superb
*by L***H on August 11, 2014*

Where most of the attempts to reinvent film noir fail, this film succeeds. The concept of transgression is translated into a modernized setting in a way that embraces film noir values, but at the same time feels utterly non-derivative. Much of the plotting and dialogue is wonderfully complex and subtle, and Verhoeven gives the whole thing a uniquely perverse spin. The music is worth a viewing by itself, as it is stunningly effective. In a film like this, you don't expect a score so lush and romantic, but it works. The film has perhaps two knocks. It is, when all is said and done, a whodunit, and carries all the negatives of that genre, the worst of which is the plethora of hints dropped to implicate this character or that. The other knock is more serious. There is a giant hole in the story which becomes apparent at the very end. From the get-go, Trammel tells Nick that he (the detective in her story) is going to fall in love with the wrong woman and she's going to kill him. And of course the ice-pick revelation at the very end of the film is meant to confirm that. But none of this works. Trammel has spent years orchestrating the perfect crime, committing a string of murders and drawing a net around Garner/Hoberman to implicate the psychologist and put herself in the clear. Having succeeded with all of that, Trammel cannot kill Nick at the end--especially not with an icepick. That would blow the whole thing. Irrespective of that, BI is a great achievement and worth many viewings. Update 11/10/19: After a number of additional viewings, I might soften my criticism of the hole at the end. Trammel is diabolically rational and devious in engineering the appearance of Garner's guilt. But at the same time, the film does a good job of persuading us that she is a wildly emotional creature and genuinely distraught that all the people around her die. It could be argued that, despite having committed the perfect crime, she's so sick that she might kill Nick anyway, without concern for the consequences.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great thriller.
*by M***Y on February 16, 2012*

I am so impressed with this movie. For one thing it kept me on the edge of my seat trying to figure out what was really going on. And it wasn't stupid but well written. A nice thing about it was that there was no clear cut black and white for good guys and bad guys, or girls. As in true life some times we aren't as nice as we'd like other people to believe. The shots were fantastic. The directing and acting superb. Sharon Stone was fantastic. It was just a movie that was so well done, which is a real rarity. It is for adults with adult themes: Murder, sex, naked bodies, bi-sexuality, and adult language. It was done with class and was impressive as well. It is very much worth watching.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ basic ice pick
*by M***R on October 4, 2009*

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...........

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