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Created: 03/16/2006
Video description: Celebrated London psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass (David Morrissey) is at the top of his game. Charismatic and successful, he has a thriving practice and is higly repsected by his peers. When Detective Superintendent Roy Washburn (David Thewlis) asks Glass to evaluate a beautiful and captivating woman who has been linked to the mysterious death of a famous sports star, his entie world is turned upside down. The woman in question is Catherine Trammell (Sharon Stone), a best-selling American crime novelist whose grisly fictional crimes take place in real life with alarming frequency. The magnetism between the two is immediate and Glass is intrigued by Catherine both mentally and physically. Quickly sucked into her web of lies and seduction, Glass' own "basic instincts" are uncovered as professional boundaries are oblitterated. As people around him are murdered one by one, a deadly battle of wits ensues between Glass and Tramell, leading to a startling climax that will change both of their lives forever. A slick psychological thriller, "Basic Instinct 2" explores what happens when the darker side of human nature is uncovered.

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