seems becoming fashionable rip basic instinct  point significant part audience including critics found terrible even released seems even fashionable trash sharon stone wholike usis fourteen years older andunlike usstill looks wonderful first comments movie vicious see myself opinion sequel nearly good original film bad comments pretend michael catonjones paul verhoeven neither henry bean leora barish joe eszterhas basic instinct  entertaining average thriller besides addition jerry goldsmith original score keeps little resemblance predecessor even stone gives character different dimension creating lustful devilish catherine trimell perfectly well rank among monsters like hannibal lecter intelligent actress afraid taking risks play camp leisure unfortunately seems main target enjoy trashing flick became successful much main icon like actors reached level time arrived bound destroyed hollywood audiencesbr br the rest cast outstanding giving performances far better material deserves david morrissey much better actor far interesting michael douglas acting flawless giving dense complex dimension otherwise one dimensional character since screen time axis movie keep attention beginning endbr br i recommending basic instinct  great movie expressing disagreement comments site conviction agendas movie shaping opinion spectators