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Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
Surprisingly good!!!
Despite some mediocre reviews, actually this is a very cool follow-up to the classic Starship Troopers by Paul Verhoeven. The film takes different path than it's predecessor which is nice. The plot is basically a horror story but you can be sure a lot of the elements from original were kept intact. There are some great tip-top quality visual effects (as good as visual effects in the original movie). The new cast is very good, possibly better than the cast in the first movie. Kudos go to Richard Burgi, Kelly Carlson and Brenda Strong for their very strong performances. Starship Troopers 2 keeps this satirical, ironic taste which was so nicely used in the original and the ending is a true (and funny) surprise.
Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
Painfully Bad
Well, I saw this movie yesterday and it's - unfortunately - worse than you could think. First of all the plot is idiotic, it has no sense at all. The screenplay is full of intentionally funny dialogues. The audience was laughing many times. And the suspense is very low. Actors play so-so, with an exception of Sharon Stone, who has some good moments but also some awfully bad acting moments. The saddest parts are when she tries to be aggressively sexy and says things like "I want to *beep* you " and it looks like, let's say it gently, a very very mature woman acting rude and not sexy at all. That erotic tension from BI1 is totally gone. From the technical point of Basic Instinct 2 is a mediocre movie - better than typical straight to DVD, but on a far lower lever than the original movie. For instance the scene of crazy joyride is done poorly. The director of Basic Instinct 2 is no Paul Verhoeven and it shows. The new composer is no Jerry Goldsmith and its shows. The script is done by people who are no match for Joe Eszterhas. There's no substitute for Michael Douglas in it. The film looks cheap and badly edited at times. I'm sorry but my first thought after I left the theater was: "Why heaven't they made this movie earlier and with original talents behind the success of the first movie?" All to all the original movie is like Citizen Kane compared to this. The first Basic Instinct is a classic and was a kind of break-thru in the popular cinema. It was provoking, sexy and controversial. It had the best Sharon Stone's performance in her career. It had this specific Paul Verhoeven's style. Unfortunately Basic Instinct 2 is a unintentionally funny movie, badly directed and a sure Razzie Award Winner in many categories. It's a pity that they made this film.