A former rock star, Johnny Boz, is brutally killed during sex, and the case is assigned to detective Nick Curran of the SFPD. During the investigation, Nick meets Catherine Tramell, a crime novelist who was Boz's girlfriend when he died. Catherine proves to be a very clever and manipulative woman, and though Nick is more or less convinced that she murdered Boz, he is unable to find any evidence. ... Later, when Nilsen, Nick's rival in the police, is killed, Nick suspects of Catherine's involvement in it. He then starts to play a dangerous lust-filled mind game with Catherine to nail her, but as their relationship progresses, the body count rises and contradicting evidences force Nick to start questioning his own suspicions about Catherine's guilt.
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Great film worth watching again or for the first time with the sequel about to arrive in the cinemas!
Sharon struts her magic 'parts' with great excitement to the audience and close up gore with the ice pick!!
Basic Instinct Paul Verhoeven's unashamedly upfront thriller introduced the world to Sharon Stone, playing ice-maiden murder suspect and author Catherine Tramell, who is being investigated (in more ways than one) by Michael Douglas Basic Instinct wastes no time in establishing its shock tactics. Opening on a shot of a man and a blonde woman making love, it soon descends into a bloodbath as the woman hacks her bound-up lover to pieces with an ice pick. The unfortunate victim is rock star Johnny Boz (Cable), ex-boyfriend of Catherine Tramell (Stone), who just happens to have written a novel in which a duplicate murder occurs, down to the last detail.
