it hard to believe and after wait 14 year and we wind up with this piece of cinematic garbage . the original be a high impact and dark thriller that achieve cult status demonstrate the fine art of cinema a direct by paul verhoeven . this film add nothing and delivers nothing and and ultimately wind up in the big box of failed sequel . the opening sequence could have trigger an intriguing set of plot development use a considerably talented and able cast . unfortunately we be treat to a 90 minute dissertation in the self indulgent life of catherine tramell . or be it sharon stone . possibly a copulation of both . if the desire be too see a continuation of the sensually provocative stying of sex a in b. s. 1 and forget it . you wind up with soft porn boredom which ultimately uphold the old adage that a woman can be more alluring in clothes than out of them . it interest to note that the wonderful charlotte rampling be romp around in her skivvy and via the 1966 georgy girl and when ms. stone be only 8 year old . a very talented actress and quite adept at hold her own even here . if youre a true cinema fan then you must see this film and judge it use your own rating system . if not and you might as well wait for the dvd release in the rat version and unrated version and collector edition and or ultimate version and and perhaps in another 14 year we will be saturate with news of basic instinct 3 at which point ms. stone will be 62 year old and nobody will really care .