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  • Basically, it's a flop as US critics maul Stone sequel

    04/02/2006 10:48:21 PM PDT · by MadIvan · 33 replies · 693+ views
    The Daily Telegraph ^ | April 3, 2006 | Catherine Elsworth
    The original broke new ground with the risqué shot that made a star of Sharon Stone. Its long-awaited sequel, however, is likely to be remembered only for failing to deliver anything approaching so memorable a moment.Basic Instinct 2, the follow-up to the 1992 blockbuster starring Michael Douglas as a San Francisco policeman who falls for Stone's murderous femme fatale, opened at the weekend to paltry box office sales and a critical mauling. According to preliminary figures, it made only $1.15 million on its opening night and was expected to total just over $3 million by the end of the weekend....