The immense dissing Basic Instinct 2 is getting even before its release makes me go say "Hmmmmm...." My take on it is that the issues were just blown out of proportion. I think Basic Instinct 2 is a passable film with a good story and is just a victim of snowballed negative emotions. I'm beginning to feel like to give Basic Instinct 2 a bad bad bad review is somehow cool and there's this need for reviewers to join the bandwagon. It has become the easy target when there are worse films out there. Before I saw the film, i rarely found an objective review (NOTE: I said objective, not positive, because even though I am aiming for objectivity, I cannot say that Basic Instinct 2 is a perfect film, as mentioned earlier, it is passable).
(SPOILER ALERT) I liked the story's twists and how Catherine Tramell's evil schemes and cunning caused the disintegration of Michael Glass. It seems that after all these years, Ms. Tramell has just gotten better deceit-wise.
I agree that the film lacked eroticism and I think that the London setting did not help: It just lacks the sleaze and the lusty atmosphere of California in the first film.
If this film has been shown earlier, say 3-5 years after the first installment, then things would have been way different.
(SPOILER ALERT) I liked the story's twists and how Catherine Tramell's evil schemes and cunning caused the disintegration of Michael Glass. It seems that after all these years, Ms. Tramell has just gotten better deceit-wise.
I agree that the film lacked eroticism and I think that the London setting did not help: It just lacks the sleaze and the lusty atmosphere of California in the first film.
If this film has been shown earlier, say 3-5 years after the first installment, then things would have been way different.