There's bad, then there's "Basic Instinct 2"

I suspect many of you have, as I have, gone back and forth on the subject of Basic Instinct 2. When I heard that it was going to be made, my initial reaction was, "Why bother?" I had no interest in the subject at the time and thought it was just a desperate attempt by Sharon Stone to resurrect a career that never should have existed in the first place.

Then the "trailer" hit the Web. Say what you want, but you can't deny that it has some pretty hot stuff in it. And, after seeing it, my thinking changed to, "Maybe this is going to be so bad that it's good, sort of like the first one." The original Basic Instinct was an over-the-top train wreck in many ways, but it was a guilty pleasure. This is clearly demonstrated to be true by the aforementioned Sharon-Stone-career-that-never-should-have-been. Like it (or her) or not, the movie made her a star.

Now comes Ain't It Cool's review of BI2 (catchy), and it looks like the original thought was spot on. According to Massawyrm, it's worse than you can imagine. God knows where the trailer came from, 'cause it sounds like none of it is even in the completed film. What we're left with is bad dialogue, bad acting, bad storytelling, and perhaps the most Razzie-worthy movie ever made.

The review is worth reading, however.