hard to believe this be direct by the same guy that once make the french connection . sure and this be write by the king of sleaze joe eszterhas ( this be the low he get yet represent one of the victim hold a collection of female pubic hair ) but at least paul verhoeven manage to turn basic instinct and even showgirls into something more watchable than this rubbish . besides and director william friedkin be also to blame and if anything for his bland and indifferent direction . the chinatown car chase sequence and which some other user around here seem to appreciate be poorly construct and film and edit and there a sex scene involve a high heel on a man crouch that beat the pool scene from showgirl in hilarity . linda fiorentino play a sad caricature of her character in the last seduction and while david caruso pull off a pretty decent performance . there a certain atmospheric appeal to this movie but the predictable and derivative mystery be not even remotely satisfy .