| | Basic Instinct Blu-ray (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Blu-ray DVDs, Dramas Movies, Horror Videos, Thriller, Mystery, Recommended, Murder, Gay/Lesbian, Cops, Racy, Deception, Psychodrama | | Starring | Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Wayne Knight, Mitch Pileggi, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Leilani Sarelle | | Director | Paul Verhoeven | | Composer | Jerry Goldsmith | | Director of Photography | Jan de Bont | | Screenwriter | Joe Eszterhas |
Closed Captioned; Widescreen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Spanish Subtitles; Dir/Cast Commentary; Blue Ray HD-DVD While investigating a mysterious death, San Francisco cop Nick Curran finds himself in a deadly triangle with three beautiful but dangerous women. One of these women, Catherine Trammel, a murder mystery writer who seduces prototypes for her characters, is high on the list of suspects--and her next story is about a cop who falls for the wrong woman. This steamy thriller to end all steamy thrillers stars Michael Douglas as Nick, a boozy San Francisco police detective who finds himself drawn to the prime suspect in a murder case--manipulative, sexually uninhibited novelist Catherine Trammell (Sharon Stone). Catherine's latest book features a murder uncannily similar to the one Nick is investigating, and as the pair engage in a mating dance of dangerous one-upmanship, more murders occur, all described in her current work, about a boozy cop in love with a killer. Nick's psychiatrist (Jeanne Tripplehorn), and cop partner (George Dzundza) are both worried about him, and Catherine's jealous lesbian lover (Leilani Sarelle) may be trying to kill him, but Nick is just too turned on to care.
Director Paul Verhoeven shows an admirable lack of restraint in this ludicrously enjoyable thriller, a sort of postmodern noir with Joe Eszterhas's script coming off like Mamet by way of Penthouse. Stone and Douglas exhibit fine chemistry (and most of their bodies), and there's some lovely Bay Area scenery courtesy of cinematographer Jan de Bont (who went on to direct films such as SPEED and TWISTER). Wayne Knight (Newman from SEINFELD) and Mitch Pileggi (Skinner from THE X-FILES) are precinct heads who question Catherine in the infamous leg-crossing scene. Basic Instinct Quotes/Excerpts: "Were you ever engaged in any sadomasochistic activity?"--John Correli (Wayne Knight) to Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) during interrogation
"Exactly what did you have in mind, Mr. Correli?"--Catherine
"There's no smoking in this building, Ms. Tramell."--Correli
"What're you going do? Charge me with smoking?"--Catherine Basic Instinct Reviews: "...Visually, it's edgy and impressive..."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "...One charged-up erotic thriller - gory, lurid, brutally funny..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...[A] red-hot, dangerously modern romance [that] will never be accused of not knowing how to get an audience's attention....[Stone is] chilling..."
-- Janet Maslin, New York Times Basic Instinct | List Price | $19.99 (You save $3.34) | | Studio | Lions Gate Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1992 | | All Time Sales Rank |  33260  | | CD Universe Part number | 7411876 | | Catalog number | 19159 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 29, 2007 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 128 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Remastered; Subtitled; DTS Sound | | Movie Details | Color; Director's Cut; Widescreen; Remastered; Subtitled; DTS Sound |
Basic Instinct Movie Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   Best Version By Far
This is the best version of basic instinct by far that you'll find out there . Granted its not perfect but, it is an older movie. Good skin tones , good depth of field with deatil intacted but , some inside some scence like they could of being better looking .
Submitted by Brandon (Houston , TX) 
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 Instinct - Unrated on BD is quite a step up from DVD
The very best of it's genre in the murder mystery, who dun it films. The extended cut adds a couple quick shots of violence deemed too extreme for the "R" rating and sexual scenes are dramatically augmented, enhanced and added to in this version. No need to go into the plot. If you have seen it, you know it. If you have not and like these types of films, buy it! Basic Instinct - Unrated on BD is quite a step up from DVD. PQ is detailed and color is vastly improved. Sound is detailed, dynamic and vastly improved as well. The musical score by Jerry Goldsmith is hauntingly beautiful and intense when things heat up. The acting is first rate all around and the characters are so engaging, you tend to get lost and caught up in the movie as if this were all happening to you. Basic Instinct is the best of it's kind with very little competition to be found in the history of movie making. Highly Recommended!
Submitted by Mark (Everett, WA. USA)
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Suspenseful
I found this movie suspenseful. Sharon Stone & Michael Douglas were excellent.
Submitted by reneenowicki (Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada)
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This review is for a different format. Outstanding!
Can't wait to get 2!
Submitted by preetylegs007 (MIami, fla. USA)
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This review is for a different format. Classic Murder Who done it Movie
Michael Douglas & Sharon Stone are EXCELLENT in this Murder Mystery!!! The Ice Pick at the end of this Thriller still has me wondering "Who Did It?????"
Submitted by arlenewilson56 (Waterloo, Iowa)
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Basic Instinct DVD Blu-ray Disc Features:
Keep Case
Director's Cut
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.85
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX Audio - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Featurette:
1. BLONDE POISON: The Making Of BASIC INSTINCT
2. CLEANING UP BASIC INSTINCT: A Montage Comparing The TV Version To The Theatrical Version
Bonus Footage:
1. Original Screen Tests
2. Storyboard Comparison
Audio Commentary:
1. Paul Verhoeven - Director; Jan De Bont Director Of Photography
2. Camille Paglia - Feminist Critic
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