Fatal Instinct (1993)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Carl Reiner

Writer (WGA):

David O'Malley (written by)

Release Date:

29 October 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Sex, murder and revenge were never this funny.

Plot:

A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Spoof | Gun | Fall Down Stairs | Brunette

Cast

Armand Assante	...	Ned Ravine
Sherilyn Fenn	...	Laura Lincolnberry
Kate Nelligan	...	Lana Ravine
Sean Young	...	Lola Cain
Christopher McDonald	...	Frank Kelbo
James Remar	...	Max Shady
Tony Randall	...	Judge Skanky
Clarence Clemons	...	Clarence
Michael Cumpsty	...	Laura's Husband
John Witherspoon	...	Arch
Blake Clark	...	Milo Crumley
Edward Blanchard	...	Restroom Patron
David Greenlee	...	Restroom Stall Patron
Tim Frisbie	...	Guy in Bumper Car
Michael MacCleod	...	Freckle-Faced Kid

Also Known As:

Triple Indemnity (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Yiddish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Canada:A (Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #32512) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Australia:PG | Denmark:7 (2003) | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

This went straight to video in the UK after a disastrous run at the US box office.

Goofs:

Continuity: Max Shady appears and disappears underneath the van.

Quotes:

Lola Cain: What are you gonna do? Blow me away?

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Cape Fear (1962)

Soundtrack:

Brown Eyed Girl

Hilarious parody

This film has been repeated like 4 times on cable TV here in Sweden in the past year! I watched it the first showing (last year) and it is SO my type of movie. I read what it was about and thought I had to see it since I had seen some of the movies it made fun of. All I can say is that most, or all the jokes are so hilarious. They are very "kind" or shall I say "simple" ones, but this is the kind of movie you watch when you don't want anything deep, but just a funny movie which is "easy watching". Not only is it funny, it also has the beautiful Sherilyn Fenn which is very nice of course :) I highly recommend you see it, because even though I didn't "laugh my *** off", it was such an amusing movie to watch!

Jens