This is the exact opposite of what we usually get from the usually stand out director Verhoeven.Verhoeven has shown that he excels at black comedy and "in your face" humor to go with iconic imagery in "guy films".Here, he goes astray to give the exact opposite, the total chick flick, as though he felt sorry for the "jealous woman" who needs to make a movie totally depressing to guys.We get a story where the heroine is the plain Jane who still attains the affections of the guys. Total feminine fantasy. To add to the appeal to the "woman's rights" faction, the gorgeous babe is not only unprotected by the guys, but murdered with no response.It's the most depressing movie possible to the heterosexual men. Of course, there are some men who are "whipped", and must pretend to like this, always afraid the "woman" is watching in this era when one might possibly always be doing that.

Paul Verhoeven's 'Basic Instinct' (1992) is Euro Trash schlock in many ways, but because it has an enormous budget, and an at the time big star in Michael Douglas, it was able to be mass marketed to the hordes and became a very big hit indeed. In order to sell this lurid tale to the U.S some obvious changes were made from Verhoeven's earlier 'The Fourth Man', such as losing the cocks and adding more breasts, and removing the homosexual men and adding lesbians.The film centers on police detective Nick Curran, who is investigating the brutal murder of an ex- rock star. During the investigation Curran becomes involved in an intense relationship with the prime suspect; the beautiful and mysterious Catherine Tramell. Ex-smoker, ex-alcoholic (and ex-coked up) Curran is nicknamed 'Shooter' as he accidentally killed two tourists, an act that achieved him notoriety as well as headlines. Forced to undergo psychological evaluation, he sleeps with his therapist Dr Beth Garner. In regards Dr Beth, Curren's partner Gus states; "Boy when that girl mates, it's for life." Gus gets to voice other points of insight such as "She's got that magna cum laude pussy on her that done fried up your brain," although there he refers to Catherine, and not Beth.As in 'The Fourth Man' (and Dario Argento's 'Tenebre'), Catherine is a pulp fiction writer whose work causes people to die under circumstances similar to her narratives. She knows all about Curran, keeping press clippings on his notorious shooting and subsequent investigation. Worryingly for Curran, all of her prototypes for previous novels have ended up dead. Also, she is planning on writing a novel titled 'Shooter,' a story about "a cop who falls for the wrong girl." As in 'The Fourth Man', this both excites and frightens Curran. Verhoeven altered his stylish 'Giallo' look of 'The Fourth Man' to the slicker, glassier, blue tinted more metallic look of a Hollywood thriller. Some shots, such as when Curran voyeuristic-ally watches Catherine undress, remind one of Brian DePalma's 'Body Double'.The opening scene explicitly links sex and violence, as a woman, possibly in a blonde wig, ice picks her lover to death at the point of orgasm, a very 'Giallo' death indeed. Argento like tropes such as doppelgangers are employed, as when Curran's interrogation mirrors Catherine's. To add to the mix Curran also has an alibi that matches Catherine's; "Would I storm into a guy's office in front of everybody in the middle of the day and kill him that night?" However, Curran is put on enforced leave and in the Argento tradition becomes an outsider who has to perform his own investigation. As a result of Catherine, he is seeing and not seeing.Argento colour schemes are employed, with the film having a predominately cold blue look, that changes to hues of red as danger starts to creep in. At the films first possible conclusion we get what adds up to a classic Argento set piece. Gus is in danger. We know he is in danger as he is entering the building alone, and the colour scheme has morphed to red hues. About to exit the elevator a black cloaked and hooded figure performs a frenzied ice pick attack on the unsuspecting victim. The elevator setting reminds one of Argento's 'Deep Red' and Brian DePalma's 'Dressed To Kill'. Like the best of Argento, anyone could be guilty, and in many ways everybody 'is' equally guilty. Argento 'alternate killer theory' may have been on the writers mind in the concluding scene Curran and Catherine 'fuck like minks,' and the camera lowers to under the bed revealing an ice pick. Was Betty framed? Or is looking for logic just silly? Probably.

This is my fourth favorite Paul Verhoeven film and my favorite Michael Douglas film it is a mystery psycho thriller that it is also neo-noir erotic thriller with Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. I always was been a fan on this film I have the unrated version on Blu-ray disc and I always enjoy this film. It is definitely one of my favorite Michael Douglas films. I think Michael Douglas does a great job as Detective Nick Curran also his acting performance is very solid. I think Sharon Stone does a brilliant acting performance as Catherine Tramell she is one of the best fictional character and main antagonist. Sharon Stone also did a cameo scene portraying her character in Last Action Hero (1993) Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. I love this movie to death and it is my favorite psycho thriller. I am not seeing the sequel because to me the sequel is a peace of sh**t movie and I hate it to death! I rent this movie in a video store on VHS tape when I was a teen in a high school and before that I watch it on TV and I like it and I enjoy it.Plot: A former rock star, Johnny Boz, is brutally killed during sex, and the case is assigned to detective Nick Curran of the SFPD. During the investigation, Nick meets Catherine Tramell, a crime novelist who was Boz's girlfriend when he died. Catherine proves to be a very clever and manipulative woman, and though Nick is more or less convinced that she murdered Boz, he is unable to find any evidence. Later, when Nilsen, Nick's rival in the police, is killed, Nick suspects of Catherine's involvement in it. He then starts to play a dangerous lust-filled mind game with Catherine to nail her, but as their relationship progresses, the body count rises and contradicting evidences force Nick to start questioning his own suspicions about Catherine's guilt.I love this mystery thriller, Jerry Goldsmith does a wonder music score that I love it. I love this movie to death. It is a bout a brilliant killer if you watch the unrated version you see a beautiful naked girl who stabs with an ice pick a rock star and it is a gory death, she takes an ice pick and she stabs him once through his neck once trough his nose, and once trough his chest. This is a really good nice nasty effect, it is pretty decently graphic and I think Rob Bottin did that effect who worked before with Paul Verhoeven.I love when Catherine Tramell re-crosses her legs to show that she is not wearing underwear beneath her short skirt, she smokes a cigarette in a white dress and she sits on a chair in the police station, man o man she is so sexy I would so love to date her. I would definitely fall in love with her like Nick Curran. Anyway the movie is such a mystery that even I am skeptical like Dana Scully from The X-Files, which I am one of those people who believe that Catherine Tramell did not murder people but she did manipulative others to murder for her. I am actually convinced that Dr. Beth Garner (Jeanne Tripplehorn) murder her husband, Johnny Boz and even Detective Gus Moran (George Dzundza).For 1992 it is definitely my favorite films the movie was nominated for 2 Oscars for best editing and best music score. I think it is excellent directing from Paul Verhoeven. Basic Instinct: The Director's Cut adds a couple quick "cuts" of violence in the movie's opening and extended sexual scenes. Basic Instinct really is the quint essential "Who Dunn it" film with more twists and turns playing on the audience than most. The acting is superb all around and Sharon Stone does a masterful job adding this enveloping and persistent tension with each encounter. What does shine here is the musical score. The main montage is a beautiful and haunting piece that is subtle yet very powerful almost on a subconscious level. Basic Instinct is a true movie of entertainment augmented by excellent directing, acting, music and plot.This movie has also actor like are: Bruce A. Young I remember him from The Sentinel (1996) Canadian TV series that my mom loved to watched. I thought I saw Mitch Pileggi in it from The X-Files, Shocker and Three O'Clock High (1987) and he is in it. It is Mitch Pileggi in a cameo scene. George Dzundza does a really solid job as Detective Gus Moran he is really likable. Jeanne Tripplehorn is also sexy and a fine job as Dr. Beth Garner. I also love that you have more serial killers in this movie more murders than just one. You have one car chase, you have beautiful women and I love the mystery's and backgrounds that Nick is investigating and chasing I loved it. The rating I give to this film is 10/10 Hitchcock would have been very proud of this effort. It's a very dark and sexually explicit modern day thriller. Sharon Stone is perfectly cast as the demented femme fatale it is my favorite film. Basic Instinct is a 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas, and starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. The film follows a police detective, Nick Curran (Douglas), who is investigating the brutal murder of a wealthy rock star. During the investigation Curran becomes involved in a torrid and intense relationship with the prime suspect, Catherine Tramell (Stone), an enigmatic writer.10/10 Grade: Bad Ass Seal Of Approval Studio: TriStar Pictures, Carolco Pictures Starring: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Leilani Sarelle, Bruce A. Young, Chelcie Ross, Dorothy Malone, Wayne Knight, Jack McGee Director: Paul Verhoeven Producer: Alan Marshall Writer: Joe Eszterhas Rated: R Running Time: 2Hr. 08 Mins. Budget: $49.000.000 Box Office: $352,700,000

Everyone and the audience in Basic Instinct has seen a noir, or a Hitchcock. That is, except for our lead detective protagonist, who walks right into danger's arms and willingly embraces it. The first half and hour or so of the film is full of furious winking at the viewer. We have to play along with what seems like parody. Stone's reveal is with a knowing smirk on her face, as if she knows what everyone knows, that she will curl him around her fingers and get him to do whatever she wants. She might as well have a big, blinking sign floating above her head reading 'FEMME FATALE'. There is a bespectacled therapist ripped straight out of The Big Sleep, and who isn't fooling anyone; she immediately takes the glasses off, and is revealed to be another sexy conquest of Nick's after they air their dirty laundry out in the open. Catherine's massive inherited mansion seems to be eternally lit with shadowy rays of light bouncing off the pool - a perfect noir storm. She opens the door in revealing clothing and then proceeds to flaunt her naked body anyway in full sight of the detectives. No wait, that's not obvious enough. Later on she tells Nick a couple of key facts: one, she's not wearing any underwear, two, he'll pick up the drink and cigarette again, three, she's very good at lying, and four, she's going to kill him. Nick's partner, a bumbling, heavyset oaf, is oblivious to the searing sexual tension in the car. They're basically having sex from the first time they lay eyes on each other, and the dialogue is the foreplay. It's a wonder the actors can wrest with lines this heavy with a straight face. Every word is twisted, double edged, laced with the suggestion of "we're gonna bang". 'Sex' is actually only used seven times in the whole script, but with Verhoeven's penchant to linger on their sultry stares for a second or five too long, it seems like hundreds. Yet one could never accuse Verhoeven films of being straightforward - look to those who missed the point of Starship Troopers. This one's a little tricky. If you know Verhoeven you have to give him some benefit of the doubt. The first half of the film plays like a B-movie noir parody - not just once, but twice, Stone has an excuse to get out the ice pick and get stabby stabby. Haven't these people ever heard of an ice tray? The movie world is where a degree in psychology means you can pull a man's mind apart with ease - she knows Nick's whole history, his vices, his temptations. Beth, the actual shrink, sort of flails around helplessly. So Verhoeven shows that he knows the genre inside out, and that he's self aware. But the second half takes itself far too seriously. Having shown all its cards, it doesn't know how to conclude, so it just shoves the pair back under the covers. And after two hours of suggesting that there is more than meets the eye to this girl, it goes back on its word. Oh, she was serious when she announced out loud that she was going to kill him? I thought she was supposed to be the smart one.