Video Review

Pioneer Special Edition: Basic Instinct Director's Cut

Reviewed by Steve Daly | May 07, 1993
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Movie Rated: Unrated; Genre: Mystery and Thriller; With: Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone

Same as the cassette rehash of Basic Instinct (42 extra seconds) but with two hours of running audio commentary by director Paul Verhoeven. His borderline-psycho way of enthusing about technicalities while people on screen die horribly (''This is a puppet here!'' he exclaims as an ice pick digs into a dummy armpit) is more chilling than anything in the movie. B-

Originally posted May 07, 1993 Published in issue #169 May 07, 1993 Order article reprints

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