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“Basic Instinct 2,” the sequel to 1992's hugely successful “Basic Instinct,” is helmed by Scottish director Michael Caton-Jones.  The erotic thriller is set in contemporary London seven years after the events of the original and stars Sharon Stone who reprises her role as the seductive, best-selling crime novelist, Catherine Tramell.  The film’s opening sequence, involving mind-blowing sex at break-neck speed in a Spyker Lavialette shot from every conceivable angle, is complex and visually impressive.  As Tramell loses herself in an intense climax, she crashes through a kiosk, and plunges into the Thames River. When she is arrested following the suspicious car accident that leaves her companion (soccer superstar Stan Collymore) dead, Scotland Yard Detective Roy Washburn (David Thewlis) asks respected psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass (David Morrissey) to evaluate her mental state. Glass diagnoses her as a pathological liar and risk addict, but when Tramell is freed on a legal technicality, he reluctantly accepts her as a patient against his better judgment.  Professional ethics take a back seat to his basic instincts as he finds himself physically drawn to her, and before he knows it, ensnared in her erotic and deadly game.  The support cast includes Charlotte Rampling as Dr. Glass’s close colleague, Dr. Milena Gardosh, Heathcote Williams as his mentor, Dr. Jakob Gerst, Indira Varma as his ex-wife, Denise, and Hugh Dancy as tabloid journalist Adam Tower.

 

The sequel is based on a classic film noir script co-written by Henry Bean and Leora Barish that is reminiscent of the detective films of the 1940s, but with a modern edge that frames its deadly battle of wits within an overly talkative and unimaginative narrative.  Tramell has left San Francisco for glitzy, metropolitan London where she is researching her next crime novel.  The city’s luxurious restaurants, celebrity bars, seedy S&M clubs, and high tech, minimalist offices serve as the sociologically corrupt environment where characters meet to manipulate one another and plot their intrigue.  She plays the same kinky sexual games that got her into so much trouble on the other side of the pond.  Her villainous manipulations bring out the dark side in the film’s other characters as she plays them off one another and allies herself with every significant person in Dr. Glass’ life.  When his friends start turning up dead, he predictably becomes the prime suspect.

 

In “Basic Instinct 2,” Tramell is a brittler, coarser, vampier version of her former self -- from the platinum blonde shags to her pointy alabaster breasts and sleek outfits – all of which compliment the unlikable qualities of her hard-edged character.  Unsympathetic, coldly manipulative, controlling, and absolutely remorseless, she uses her sex and nudity like a weapon to screw men, ridicule their masculine behavior, and obtain whatever she wants.  The film’s multi-layered plot has lots of raunchy twists and turns that fail to stand up to close scrutiny, especially when the events in Tramell’s real life begin to appear eerily similar to the plot line in her latest erotic murder mystery novel.     

 

Half the fun of watching this film is laughing at the preposterous characters, the absurdly transparent plot twists, and how Tramell succeeds in trapping Dr. Glass in a complicated web of lies and seduction and turning his well ordered world upside down.  Morrissey’s Dr. Glass is a difficult character to read, and his inexplicably bad haircut makes him look the extreme opposite of sexy and attractive.  For an esteemed psychiatrist in his field with a superior intellect, it seems incredible how unaware he is of Tramell’s deceptions and manipulations.  His ambiguous portrayal makes it hard to figure out which he’d like to do more:  write a thesis on Tramell’s risk addictive behavior or put her on his psychiatrist’s couch and screw the hell out of her.  Indeed, by the film’s conclusion, Morrissey’s character has fallen victim to her machinations and been reduced to a pathetic shell of his former self.  The chemistry between the leads is non-existent, although the presence of accomplished thesps Thewlis and Rampling elevates the otherwise bland proceedings. 

 

Like the original “Basic Instinct,” the script for “Basic Instinct 2” is filled with kink, nudity (Trammel slips in and out of her clothes at the drop of a hat), verbal wit, sexual innuendos, and biting double entendres.  Strangulation collars and erotic asphyxiation have replaced ice picks as the preferred weapons of choice.  However, nothing comes close to the infamous leg crossing scene that inspired the original, except for a disturbing scene where a very nude and menacing Tramell takes a Jacuzzi on the rooftop of her designer penthouse and brazenly taunts Dr. Glass about who she’s going to kill next.   She provokes him to uncharacteristic violence by throwing zinging verbal daggers that abruptly turn his desires against him and leave him angry, frustrated, and frightened. 

 

The credibility of the film’s characters completely disappears in the final minutes of the film, leaving the audience howling with laughter at its deliberately over-the-top tone and absurdly anti-climatic climax.  This is a ridiculously preposterous script and no amount of confusing plot twists, false leads, and sexual taunting or tension can succeed in disguising or elevating the material.  Caton-Jones’ direction is firm and tightly paced until the final moments when the film inexplicably unravels, and the audience is left frustrated and disappointed by what can only be described as an immensely unsatisfying climax.  Indeed, this is a film that begins with a bang and ends with a whimper.

 

The film is adeptly lensed by Gyula Pados, with additional photography by the late veteran director of photography Adrian Biddle, and skillfully edited by John Scott and Istvan Kiraly.  Production Designer Norman Garwood gives the film a cool, classy and stylish look, taking advantage of the overcast skies and glistening steel grays of London’s amazing architecture including the eye-catching Gherkin Tower.   The film’s production design mirrors the personalities of the characters. Tramell’s monochromatic apartment has shiny surfaces, cold icy finishes, and an edgy, dangerous vibe. Beatrix Aruna Pasztor’s costume design reflects the fashion forward look of Tramell’s character who sports slinky skirts, clingy black numbers, strappy stilettos, and Chopard accessories that project her vampish, icy cool, dark and mysterious persona.  Pasztor gives Dr. Glass an elegant, classy, film noir look in the vein of Humphrey Bogart, dressing him in designer high fashion suits that make him classic in a very solid, sober way in sharp contrast to Stone’s eccentric, artsy look.

 

Due to a series of delays caused by its troubled production history, “Basic Instinct 2” arrives in theaters fourteen years after the original.   Like the original, there’s a lot of ambiguity and many things are left for the audience to decide.  Stone at 47 still looks sultry and fabulous and every bit the predatory vixen.  She wears her character well whether she’s fully dressed or completely nude, and she delivers what has to be the campiest performance of her career.  What this cringe-inducing sequel lacks is the unadulterated vulgarity and lurid vitality of the original. 

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