Anyone Here See Basic Instinct II? Is it any good?

[leftyladyfrommo]

I see that it bombed at the box office and the reviews have been just terrible. But reviews aren't always right.

Should I spend the money?

[Frank Cannon]

1. You mean Basic Instinct II?

Rotten Tomatoes has it at about 6% good reviews, which puts it right up there with Gigli and Kangaroo Jack.

ON EDIT: Here's the link...

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/basic_instinct_2/

Looks like your entertainment dollar would best be spent elsewhere.

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. Yea. I can't even get the name right!

See what a time change does?

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. Was that a Freudian Mistake? Do You Think?

[Frank Cannon]

4. Nah. I often get those cheesy Michael Douglas movies mixed up too.

After all, he made quite a few there in the 80s and 90s.

[Paladin]

5. Minor Spoiler, For The Few Of You Who Want To See The New Movie

A critic on CBS' Sunday morning show divulged that the new movie doesn't have any gynecological shots of Sharon Stone, like the original did.......

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

6. One of my favorite reviewers loved its campy excess

and quoted some great lines from it.(*) His wife is an expert on erotic thrillers (whilst he is probably the world's leading expert on The Exorcist!) and she really enjoyed it too, so that's 2 thumbs up. Plus the idea of Stan Collymore (who's a British footballer) sexually satisfying Sharon Stone probably guarantees I'll rent it when it comes to DVD(!) Curiously, the director has also made a film about the Rwandan genocide which also opened this week in the UK.

If you're interested, the review can be downloaded or streamed here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/entertainment/kermode.shtml

Basic Instinct 2 comes about 20 minutes in IIRC.

edit (*)"Don't take it so hard. Even Oedipus didn't see his mother coming." - Genius!!!

(I should add that I've seen an unhealthy number of Shannon Tweed movies, so my judgement on these matters may be impaired.)