Basic Instinct 2

In the sexy and sleek psychological thriller Basic Instinct 2, after re-locating from San Francisco to London, best-selling crime novelist Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) once again finds herself on the wrong side of the law.

So reads the blurb for the ill-conceived trailer for the ill-concieved Basic Instinct 2.

Beyond Deception
Beyond Desire
Beyond Obsession

So read the fancy words that flash on the screen during the trailer.

Andrew G. Vajna - is seriously the name of a producer on this movie.

The problem here is that Basic Instinct is a movie that sells on sex appeal. I imagine that the original Basic Instinct trailer had the words "Deception" "Desire" and "Obsession" because Sharon Stone today is clearly beyond those things. She doesn't look like a steamy sexpot, she looks like the old lady at the bar who has too many drinks and starts hitting on the college kids. Everyone just smiles with pain in their eyes, and when she finally leaves for another drink, everyone looks at each other and kind of feels bad.

That is what will happen in the theater as the credits roll on this bad idea.

Postscript - There is a shot where S.S. walks past Male Protagonist in a wet sheer shirt. Someone computered out her nipples, and all I could think was "thank you, computer guy. I don't envy your work."
-S