really and i think this movie be more an example of an easy target than a truly bad film . in fact and the movie be do very well in many respect and be very entertaining . yes and the script be a little convoluted and but that the genre . the film have a noirish atmosphere center around a femme fatale . just like all the old noir classic and this and too and have a screenplay that twist you around so that you do not always know how to make sense of it at first and and it can be a stretch if you think too deeply and try to put all of the piece together . that the genre . in general and the script have enough surprise and turn to keep the viewer guessing and and in turn and surprise and without abandon the viewer . sharon stone be also an easy target . the truth be she look great and she speak her double entendre laden dialog in such a way a to zhuzh it up into something mysterious and sexy and fun . the direction be more than passable and because let face it you have to keep an audience interested in the do she or do not she . question for two hour . in addition to a twisty script and a fun performance by stone and this be do effectively through the direction by the creation of a noirish atmosphere that be both dark and very stark and modern at the same time and with straight industrial line to go along with stone sexy curve . the frame be always beautiful press pause anywhere and there be something interest to the eye . the film also effectively build on thing that be gimmick in the first film and turn them into something a little more real and particularly the sex . katherine tramell be bisexual . how shocking . becomes treat more matter of factly here and and typically and the sexuality of the film be use to well effect . it be still titillate and but not do so readily for shock value and buzz a do in the first . i would not say that it isn not still somewhat of a gimmick because and let face it and this film be suppose to be fun . and a fun film it be . it may be an easy target and but if you watch it for what it be represent a noirish and femme fatale driven and twisty and sexy and do she or do not she who dunnit and youre bind to enjoy it ( no pun intend ) .