- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
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3 out of 5
Director Paul Verhoeven's reputation is built on his wonderful lack of taste and restraint, and these "qualities" are fully to the fore in this controversial but massively successful thriller. Sharon Stone became a sex symbol of the 1990s thanks to her cool portrayal of the predatory novelist who may or may not be a murderer, but who enjoys tormenting policeman Michael Douglas all the same. Writer Joe Eszterhas shamelessly reworks ideas and themes he had earlier exploited in films such as Jagged Edge and Music Box, but the sheer overheated nature of Verhoeven's direction makes this extremely watchable.
Plot Summary
Erotic thriller starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. After a former rock star is brutally murdered with an ice pick, San Francisco detective Nick Curran interviews Catherine Tramell, the star's novelist girlfriend, whose last book contained an identical killing. Curran, who is trying to reform his excessive lifestyle with the help of a police psychologist, soon becomes dangerously involved with his key suspect.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Detective Nick Curran
- Michael Douglas (1)
- Catherine Tramell
- Sharon Stone
- Gus
- George Dzundza
- Dr Beth Garner
- Jeanne Tripplehorn
- Lieutenant Walker
- Denis Arndt
- Roxy
- Leilani Sarelle
- Andrews
- Bruce A Young
- Captain Talcott
- Chelcie Ross
- Hazel Dobkins
- Dorothy Malone
- John Correli
- Wayne Knight
- Lieutenant Nilsen
- Daniel Von Bargen
- Dr Lamott
- Stephen Tobolowsky
- Harrigan
- Benjamin Mouton
Crew
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
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