Sharon Stone reprises the roll that made her famous in the straight to video smash hit Basic Instinct 2. Yes, that vixen crime novelist, Catherine Tramell is back and looking to screw . . . with people's heads. Once again Catherine is the prime suspect in a murder investigation, this time in London. Trouble just seems to follow this pretty bird around, or maybe, just maybe, she is the one who goes looking for trouble.

Catherine's former lover, a high profile English Premier Football star, has just drowned in a car that Catherine drove at high speed into a river. That seems like a reasonable thing to happen right? Well the Crown is suspicious and assigns a psychological analysis of Mrs. Tramell to be conducted by Dr. Michael Glass (David Morrissey.) The courts didn't have enough to hold Catherine, and although she makes bail, she continues to play with Dr. Glass by hiring his services. Let the mental jousting begin, perhaps to be followed by some heavy petting? Let's watch. Dr. Glass has a checkered past much like Michael Douglas's caricature "Shooter" in the first movie. Hmmm . . . this seems all too familiar. It just so happens that Catherine has begun writing a new murder mystery who's main character is a respected criminal psychologist not unlike our Dr. Glass. Wow, I feel like I've seen this film before. Will Catherine finish her novel without a body count surrounding her? Will Dr. Glass taste the forbidden nectar that is Catherine Tramell and keep his practice or even more importantly his sanity? Do you Movie Knights out there care?!

Well, I sure as hell didn't when I sat down to view Sharon Stone's desperate efforts to resurrect her career (anyone see Catwoman out there?) I was looking forward to a truly bad 116 minutes of tits and ass with a feeble
storyline to link the nude scenes. Foiled! Someone actually sat down and wrote a fairly interesting mystery thriller. The production and cast were pretty good. What the hell is going on here you wonder. Where is the Badness Fletch?! Like the first movie, Sharon Stone steals the movie, but this time it is actually for her acting which is truly horrible. Come to think of it, without her performance this might have made it to the big screen.

Hamlin Grade: 2

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