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Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction

(2006, Rated R, Thriller, Starring Sharon Stone, David Thewlis, David Morrissey)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 17; suggested age 17.
  • Is it any good?

    1.0
  • Common Sense says

    Very graphic sequel. Brain cells could be lost.

updated 07.04.08

Why We Rated This not for kids

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Novelist may be a murderer; cop may be corrupt; analyst may be a murderer: they're all selfish and cocky and unsympathetic.
  • Violence :

    Car crashes through glass into a river and character drowns in first scene; dead bodies include naked men in bed (one hung with a strap, another with syringe in his arm), and a woman (dying when found) with her throat slit; Glass fights some men in a bar; Glass tries to strangle and drown Catherine; shooting and painful hand-to-hand struggle near the end.
  • Sex :

    Movie begins with masturbation in a car while driver crashes it into a river; relentless talk about sexual activity (see ""); sound of woman moaning leads viewer to think two women are having sex in a public bathroom, but it turns out to be a woman dying (her throat is cut); Catherine chokes Glass during sex in S/M scene; Catherine wears a blouse that shows her nipples; several sex scenes show naked bodies (bottoms, breasts, legs); brief references to lesbianism as taunt to Glass (nothing visible); a man is left dead/naked, hung by his bedpost (pillow is left in his lap); Catherine shows her naked breasts.
  • Language:

    Frequent use of the f-word (several times as slang for sexual activity); one use of c-word.
  • Consumerism:

    Ferrari Spider (car).
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Catherine smokes cigarettes frequently; Milena smokes once; characters drink liquor, Catherine smokes a joint.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction

Parents need to know that this movie is a hard R, with frequent sexual language and activity, nudity, violence, and profanity. Characters talk about murder and engage in violent acts (one shooting, a couple of fights, one attempted strangling). Characters talk about sex using crude language, and try to seduce one another with sultry looks and descriptions of sexual activity. Catherine wears revealing clothing. The dead bodies are gruesome (pale, frothing at the mouth from a drug overdose, neck bleeding). Characters buy drugs, Catherine smokes a joint, characters drink and smoke cigarettes.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the attention that middle-aged Sharon Stone has received for playing a sexy role. Why is it so surprising that she could still play this sort of role? Would it be as shocking if a man the same age played a similar role? Also, why do so many strong women in movies only derive power by using their sex appeal?
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  1. Kid Reviewer
    Age 12
    Lives in Alabama
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 1.0

    YUCK!

    This movie sucks, and it's very bad. It has killing, drugs,profanity, and YUCK! Very stupid. Very gross. If youre a kid, dont watch it for several reasons. Adults, dont watch it for two reasons: 1.(you know what) its THAT bad, and 2. IT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 0.0

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