Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not (Photo: Warner Bros.)īOGART & BACALL: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (1944-1948). Extras consist of audio commentary by director Michael Caton-Jones (or Michael Canton-Jones, as it’s curiously spelled thrice on the back cover) a behind-the-scenes featurette deleted scenes an alternate ending and the theatrical trailer. The new Blu-ray edition contains both the theatrical cut and an unrated version that runs an additional two minutes. In short, this movie’s about as erotic as the dry heaves. There’s plenty of raunchy sex talk, but the only thing truly shocking about Basic Instinct 2 is that its two-hour span feels like 20.

This needless sequel - badly photographed, flatly directed, indifferently acted, wretchedly scripted - finds Catherine mentally sparring with a psychiatrist (David Morrissey) she’s planning to both screw and screw over. In Basic Instinct 2, Stone is simply awful, replacing the sexy insouciance from the first film with a beady stare that would seem more appropriate coming from a dead codfish than a calculating nympho adept at playing twisted mind games. But what Hollywood giveth, Hollywood taketh away, meaning that the role that initially made her an A-lister later was the same role that effectively killed her free-falling career. After earning notice for her supporting stint in Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 sci-fi flick Total Recall, Sharon Stone found herself delivering a star-making performance as the icepick-wielding author Catherine Tramell in Verhoeven’s 1992 smash hit Basic Instinct. Ratings are on a four-star scale.) David Morrissey and Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct 2 (Photo: MVD & MGM)īASIC INSTINCT 2 (2006). (View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray and DVD. John Cho in Searching (Photo: Screen Gems)

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