Basic Instinct (1992): An Artifact of the ‘90s or a True Classic?

Dave, Marcus, and Colin continue their journey through the films of director Paul Verhoeven. Colin makes the case for the film being one of Verhoeven’s best but Dave and Marcus are not convinced. Everybody agrees the famous interrogation leg crossing scene is iconic and that the film has some fun cheesiness. But while Colin finds the film still delivers on the eroticism, Dave thinks the sex scenes are tame and boring–and Marcus is somewhere in the middle. And although the film was noted to be quite controversial upon its initial release, everybody finds it fairly run-of-the-mill upon rewatch. Luckily, nobody is stabbed with an icepick during the episode… or gets charged with smoking.

Basic Instinct is the third in a series of episodes dedicated to examining the films of Paul Verhoeven. You can find our other episodes here:

• Total Recall
• Starship Troopers
  
  

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