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Basic Instinct
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Sex & Nudity

Rated R for strong graphic violence, language, strong sexuality and some graphic nudity.



Lots of sexual innuendo. Several kisses, often passionately (we see two women kiss a few times.) Twice, a woman ties a man's hands to a headboard as she moves rhythmically on top of him (we see bare breasts and buttocks and hear them both moaning pleasurably). In two scenes, we see a man and woman thrusting and moaning (in one of the scenes, the woman's bare breasts and buttocks are visible); twice, we see a nude but strategically covered couple in an obviously post-coital moment. In a rather violent but seemingly consensual sex scene, a man shoves a woman against a wall, kissing and fondling her, then lifts up her skirt, rips off her shirt, bra and panties, pushes her onto a chair and appears to have intercourse with her from behind (we see her bare breasts and buttocks). A man kisses a woman's bare breast and inner thigh, then puts her legs on his shoulders (cunnilingus is implied). Fellatio is also implied. We see full frontal female nudity, a glimpse of a woman's genitals as she uncrosses her legs (the scene is rather hazy), a woman's bare buttocks as she's changing clothes and a man's bare buttocks as he's walking away from a bed. In a mirror above a bed, we see a woman's bare backside as she's having intercourse with a man. While dancing, a woman straddles another woman and touches her clothed breast; a man squeezes a woman's clothed buttocks and kisses her passionately as they dance suggestively. There's also a slight glimpse of a mans organ as he carresses the woman.

Violence & Gore

In two different scenes, a woman ties a man's hands to a headboard while they're having intercourse and then stabs him repeatedly with an ice pick (we see blood splatter on her breasts and torso); we see one of the very bloody bodies lying in a bloody bed in a later scene. A woman is shot. We see a dead man with a bloody bullet wound on his temple. We see photos of children's bloody corpses. A woman scratches a man's bare back during intercourse and we see the bloody marks. On television, a monster chases a woman. Reckless driving; two cars nearly collide head-on, a man is hit by a car (he's slightly injured), and a car drives off a bridge (we see a dead body inside the wrecked car, but there's no blood). A man pushes another against a wall and chokes him. A man and woman scuffle.

Profanity

Nearly 40 F-words, many anatomical and scatological references, lots of mild obscenities and some insults

Adults drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes in several scenes. There is some drug use such as sniffing cocaine.

High blood quantity and nature of the attacks may disturb.

Murder, bisexuality, lying, betrayal, psychological warfare, drug use, life imitating art, lust.

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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and sensuality, and for drug use and language.
Certification:
Malaysia:(Banned) / Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2001) / Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) / Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) (also director's cut) (Canadian Home Video rating) / Singapore:PG (video rating) (heavily cut) / USA:R (#31380) / Singapore:R21 (re-rating) (2007) / Finland:K-16 (video rating) (cut) (1992) / Finland:K-18 (theatrical rating) (1992) / Singapore:R(A) (cut) (1992) / Hungary:18 / India:A / Brazil:18 / Israel:18 (video rating) / Israel:X (original rating) / Philippines:R-18 / Norway:15 (DVD rating) / Canada:16+ (Quebec) (re-rating) (also director's cut) / Argentina:18 / Australia:R / Belgium:KNT / Canada:18+ (Quebec) (also director's cut) (Original rating) / Chile:18 / France:-12 (re-rating) / France:-16 (original rating) / Germany:16 / Hong Kong:III / Ireland:18 / Italy:VM14 / Netherlands:16 / New Zealand:R18 / Norway:18 / Peru:18 / Portugal:M/18 / South Korea:18 / Spain:18 / Sweden:15 / UK:18 / USA:Unrated (director's cut) / Mexico:C / Iceland:16

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