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3/24/2014

Basic Instinct (1992) or, Irresistable Desire!



Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in an erotic craze on the poster for Paul Verhoeven's Basic Instinct

QUICK REVIEW:

An LA murder investigator, who is under the scrutiny of Internal Affairs, gets a tough case on his hands: A rich author's high-profile rock-star lover's murder, committed in a fashion that she has written about in a novel. - But her lie-detector test clears her...!
Although Sharon Stone (Casino (1995)) doesn't quite have the nonchalant diva-self-assurance, her performance as a modern femme fatale became iconic nonetheless:


Dutch genre-director Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall (1990)) mixes Jan De Bont-type action (De Bont (Speed (1994), director) the cinematographer on Instinct) with Rob Bottin-gore (Bottin (The Thing (1982) special make-up effects designer and creator on Instinct) and steamy sex scenes with top-trained, ever-LA-pissed Michael Douglas (Falling Down (1993)).
Tackiness and clichés are not avoided, and the film is hardly poetic, but boy is it an effective thriller .


Watch the film's 90s-house-music-infused trailer right here

Budget: 49 mil. $
Box office: 352.9 mil. $
= Mega-hit

What do you think of Basic Instinct and Paul Verhoeven's other films?
If you've seen the panned sequel, tell us about it

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