BASIC INSTINCT 2
Year: 2006
USA: Sony Pictures
UK: Entertainment Film Distributors
Cast: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling, David Thewlis, Hugh Dancy, Heathcote Williams, Anne Caillon, Indira Varma, Iain Robertson, Stan Collymore, Terence Harvey, Kata Dobó, Flora Montgomery, Jan Chappell, Danielle Lydon, Neil Maskell, Adam Allfrey, Tim Berrington, Christopher Brand, Andy Callaghan, Robert Clarke, Robyn Cooper, Vee Vimolmal, Robert Dearle, Dee Gaynor, Timo Gilbert, Keith How, Simon Lenagan, Michael Norton, Aisling O'Neill, Charlotte Purton, Peter Rnic, Mark Sangster, Peter Smith, Alexandra Staden, Ellen Thomas, Lydia Watkins
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Countries: USA / UK / Germany / Spain
USA & UK: 114 mins
USA Rated: R for strong sexuality, nudity, violence, language and some drug content
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong sex
USA Release Date: 31 March 2006
UK Release Date: 31 March 2006
Synopsis
Sharon Stone reprises her role as the glamorous and seductive novelist Catherine Trammel and David Morrissey, one of the UK's most versatile and highly-respected acting talents portrays Dr. Michael Glass, a brilliant and charismatic psychiatrist who becomes entangled in an erotic and deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
A slick and erotic thriller, BASIC INSTINCT 2 explores what happens when the darker side of human nature is uncovered. Has the intelligent, seductive and manipulative Ms Tramell finally met her match?
As best-selling crime novelist Catherine Trammel once again finds herself on the wrong side of the law, she is introduced to Dr. Michael Glass a respected London criminal psychiatrist brought in by Scotland Yard detective DCI Washburn (David Thewlis) to perform a psychiatric profile and evaluation of Trammel, following the mysterious death of a top sports star. The magnetism between the two is immediate and Glass is intrigued by Catherine both mentally and physically. Quickly sucked into her web of lies and seduction, Glass' own basic instincts are uncovered as professional boundaries are obliterated. A deadly battle of wits ensues, climaxing with Glass facing a choice that will change both their lives forever...
Joining Stone and Morrissey in the supporting cast are David Thewlis (KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, THE BIG LEBOWKSI) as Detective Washburn, Charlotte Rampling (SPY GAME, THE WINGS OF THE DOVE) in the role of Milena and Hugh Dancy (SHOOTING DOGS, KING ARTHUR, BLACK HAWK DOWN) as Adam Towers.
BASIC INSTINCT 2 is directed by Michael Caton-Jones (SCANDAL, SHOOTING DOGS, CITY BY THE SEA, THIS BOY'S LIFE, ROB ROY), and produced by Mario Kassar, Andy Vajna and Joel B Michaels.
