what a farce . i think joe eszetheras get out his first draft of basic instinct and give this to the producer and they love it . they probably do what all execs do that think they have take a proven formula and try to use it again . they laugh and think that they can use it again and people will eat it up . the only problem be and william friedkin be not paul verhoeven and linda fiorentino be not sharon stone and david caruso be not michael douglas and jade be a very bad clone of basic instinct . but there be so many familiar similarity in these two film that it make you cringe watch them . fiorantino be a psychiatrist and so be stone . caruso be a cop and so be douglas . caruso drive a mustang and so do douglas . they both take place in san francisco so that they can have a car chase over lot of hill and almost destroy both car in the process . there be lot of underground sexual practises in both film . and they both try to be sexy . and both open with a violent murder of a very improtant figure . i honestly can not believe that the producer would buy this and then spend 50 million on it with a b cast . i be not one of those people that think that caruso be a bad actor and but i certainly do not think that he be big enough from a tv show to open a film and and if i and a a casual film fan can figure that out for myself and then why can not powerful movie executive . it just make no sense to me . caruso have charisma and he be quite good in this role and but he should be happy stick to support role . he just doesn not have a name to kickstart a film . a for the director and when be be the last time that he make anything that be good . i honestly believe that he get lucky when he make the exorcist although i do think that the french connection be pretty good . but that be 20 year ago . maybe he have lose his touch . jade be boring and uninteresting and slow and laughable . you want to figure out who the killer be . you should really have two guess . find out who have the big name in the film and consider how much screen time they have . one have two scene and the other be in it quite a bit but just hang around in the background . of course there be the surprise end that will just shock you as much a sixth sense ( yeah right . ) jade be a really bad film and it be not worth your time . it be laughable and silly and the only thing that i kinda of enjoyed be when i realize that caruso and crenna be once in a film together 13 year before this one . that be first blood . it be probably funny when they first meet on the set after all that time . back then crenna have more of a name and after all he be trautman . caruso be just mitch . now caruso be try to make a name for himself with this film again . i do not think it will work . other than that small piece of trivia and there be nothing to like abou this film . it be worth avoid .