Fatal Instinct (1992)

Here’s what a friend said to me about this one: “I only watched the first half hour and then had to turn it off because it was terrible.  Here, you watch it.”  I think that was over a year ago but I finally got around to it.

There’s not a whole lot to say about this one.  It’s clearly a Basic Instinct rip off but it seems like the two were possibly filmed at the same time.  The Basic Instinct script had been around since the 80’s so obviously someone read it and just wrote their own version.

The similarities are pretty ridiculous like the Catherine Tramell character is named Catherine (Laura Johnson (Opening Night)).  She’s a blonde that’s icy cold, independent, sometimes she likes to push men around and her parents died when she was young in a plane crash instead of a boating accident.  Michael Madsen (Species, Free Willy) plays the Nick Curran character who’s investigating the homicide that Catherine may or may not have had something to do with.  He’s divorced, falls for Catherine and gets in hot water with his superiors for screwing around with the murder suspect.

There are differences too, especially when it comes to the ending, but do you really fuckin’ care?

Everything about this movie is so lazy, the acting, the cinematography, the music (stock sexy thriller sax and fretless bass), the pacing, the dialogue, the title, everything.  No one gave a shit about this thing and neither should you.  I mean it’s not the worst film I’ve ever seen but it’s kinda pointless.  Just watch Basic fucking Instinct.

There was one really good line that came out of this though.  There’s this guy that has a mental hold over Catherine and he’s a real asshole that treats her like shit.  At one point he says to her, “you find some guy who’s got more to offer than I have and I’ll fuck him”.  He delivers it so angrily too while he’s taking his shirt off so the whole package on that one is perfect.  It’s too bad the entire picture couldn’t have been filled with that kind of shit.

Sex Scenes: One.

After Sex Scenes: One but it’s not from the one sex scene.

Strange Cameos: I got nothin’ for this one.