it not like i have overwhelmingly fond memory of verhoeven original pant down shocker it always strike me a a glossy and well make airport novel of a movie . thrilling and sexy trash and but trash nonetheless . it be also a film that tap into a certain sexual zeitgeist . after a decade of anti sex aid induce hysteria and a film about a wildly sexual hotbod who thrill kill to heighten her sexual pleasure be pretty entice stuff . basic instinct 2 be always go to struggle to provide the same social relevance and immediacy and so the fact that it desperate attempt at raunchiness be so lame can sort of be overlook . all it really have to provide be that thin veneer of titillation and a mildly engaging story and all would have be watchable . that it resoundingly fail on so many level and and in such a way to be a career nadir for everyone involve and be really quite extraordinary to watch . let state the obvious for starter sharon stone be too old for the part of sexual magnet catherine trammell . what be so photogenic thru verhoeven lens look like mutton dress a lamb in the hand of gun for hire michael caton jones and who flat and drab colour and static camera render her undeniable beauty totally moot . i like sharon stone a lot and but if the first film launch her career and bi2 could kill it . she have no chemistry with stuffed shirt david morrissey their only sex scene be embarrass too watch . his dough face mamma boy of a character make me yearn for the swaggering and orange skin machismo of michael douglas . support turn by david thewlis and charlotte rampling waste these fine actor on talky exposition scene and cliché heavy posturing . and what of the much tout sexual shenanigan . poorly lit and fleetingly glimpsed and a utterly mainstream a an episode of desperate housewife the european sensibility that verhoeven bring to the sexual content of the first film be sorely miss . don not watch this film for carnal thrill there be none and what there be be tragic . the film be and a a whole and convolute to the point of utter confusion and boring and laughable . the last 40 minute in particular and where you come to the realisation that the film be and in fact and not go to go anywhere of interest at all and be particularly gruelling and hilarious in equal measure . a a failed sequel and basic instinct 2 will come to occupy similar cinematic ground a exorcist 2 the heretic and beyond the poseidon adventure and xxx2 . a a vanity project and it rival battlefield earth in it misconception . a a multi million dollar piece of hollywood film making and it a travesty that will be hard to top a the year worst .