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Advantages: A magnificent blockbuster movie
Disadvantages: Too many people complain about it

With Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction about to hit the cinemas I thought it an apt time to discuss Basic Instinct and to look in depth at the film and what it gave us. Paul Verhoeven a legend in the Netherlands had become a worldwide legend after two highly successful Hollywood blockbusters. First he bought us Robocop, which is a movie that looks as good now as it did nearly 20 years ago. For his second US movie he gave us Total Recall, a bit of ...
...hour. Lots of people knock Basic Instinct, some call it cheap and tacky, and others state it's made in a very B movie style. But I have to argue that this is not the case. The production values of the film are some of the best I have ever seen, if you had no background knowledge of when the film was made it could have been made anytime since the mid eighties to this very day. The actors wardrobe is very cleverly designed, in one scene in a Nightclub ... Read review

Advantages: Sharon Stone, good performances, suspense, screenplay
Disadvantages: some may find some scenes explicit

Basic Instinct is a nice entertainer with enough dose of romance, action, suspense and sex (though sex is a bit overdosed). It is really exciting to see Sharon Stone in an interesting role. Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone have a very interesting chemistry between them. The screenplay is very good and it keeps the viewer have two minds about the real murderer till the last scene. Sustaining the suspense till the last scene is very difficult but the ...
...hiccups, the movie keeps the viewer glued to the seat with interesting plot, scenes, the suspense and of course Sharon Stone. Plot Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) is an alcoholic detective in San Fransisco. He is in a relation with Beth Garner (Jeanne Tripplehorn), a psychologist and she works with police department. One day Nick gets to take up a murder trail of a famous rock star Johnny Boz and in the process of investigation he had to interrogate ... Read review

Advantages: Well-executed, well-paced, good dialogue & texture
Disadvantages: A few scenes are simply too ill for adults let alone kids

...of his films Total Recall, the premise for this is somewhat cliched but the execution of the scenes are just so stylish I begin to think of The Omen. So many thrillers fail miserably at pacing and editing (to me, the essense of all good horror/thriller movies) but De Vierde Man (original Dutch title) clears it masterfully. I thought the slow start would indicate a dull fare but the pace turned out to be surprisingly engaging. SYNOPSIS: A gay drunkard ...
...and to respond properly to the advances of the woman while maintaining his cool. Mysterious events and surreal hallucinations start to take place and you begin to wonder what is real and what isn't. CAST: Solid performances throughout with the blonde lass being the true star. Some review site says that it is through her that Sharon's Stone's portrayal of a dangerous woman in Basic Instinct is based. Hell I'd be pretty much seduced to hell and back ... Read review

Advantages: Strong plot, Strong Actors
Disadvantages: Some parts of the film are confusing.

Identity is a psycological horror film that was released in 2003. It is directed by James Mangold who has also directed Walk The Line, Girl, Interrupted and 3:10 to Yuma, which have all received Oscar Nominations respectively. The cast features John Cusack, Amanda Peet and Ray Liotta among others. 'What if every choice we made had already been made for us? What if there really were no coincidences ni life and our destinies were already predetermined?' ...
...days' - Total Film Ten strangers with secrets are brought together in a savage rainstorm: A limo driver (John Cusack - Being John Malkovich), an 80's TV star, a cop (Ray Liotta - Goodfellas) who is transporting a killer, a call girl (Amanda Peet), a pair of newlyweds, and a family in crisis. They all take shelter at a desolate motel run by a nervious night manager. Relief in finding shelter is quickly replaced with fear as the ten travellers begin ... Read review

Advantages: Thought-provoking, good storyline and special-effects.
Disadvantages: Read the review...

Director: Gregory Hoblit Screenplay: Robert Fyvolent & Mark Brinker Genre: Crime - Thriller Country: USA Certification: 18 Language: English Released: 23rd June, 2008 (DVD) MAIN CAST: Diane Lane (Jennifer Marsh) Billy Burke (Detective Eric Box) Colin Hanks (Griffin Dowd) Joseph Cross (Owen Reilly) Mary Beth Hurt (Stella Marsh) Peter Lewis (Richard Brooks) Jennifer Marsh is an FBI agent who works the night shift as an internet 'cop' whose ...
...put an end to their nefarious deeds. Having lost her husband a few years prior, Jennifer is very much a mother hen when it comes to her young daughter… which is why she chose to work night shifts so that she could spend more time with her daughter. When a new web site is launched by a lunatic with a penchant for the 'morbid', Jennifer is put on the case and must find a way to track him down. Meanwhile, as she attempts to discover the lunatic's identity, ... Read review