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While most murder mysteries have red herrings, misdirection, obfuscation, and generally a definitive ending and solution, Basic Instinct kept me guessing up to the very end, and then some. While there are a few lacking moments, such as when officer Nilson is killed by a .38 revolver and det. Curran is suspected and his gun is checked (a .40 caliber automatic), I cried foul. However, I cried murderer at the screen when I thought I'd figured it out, and I was wrong too.

A well crafted, well paced, sensuous story from beginning to end, Basic Instinct is that mysterious, sultry woman from across the club. Don't cross her though, or you might end up in her next book.

A great insight into the world of Enron; a different time and different world of the late 90s, dot com, and the incredible rise and fall of a would be empire. It's amazing to see just how far Ken Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, and Andy Fastow were able to pull the wool over the world's eyes for that brief 1997-2001 period. It's rare to find a documentary that can make you go from wonder and amazement to pure disgust at how far down greed can take a human being.

Makes accounting look dangerous!

I've long been a proponent of getting a crazy person to perform the role of a crazy character, and who better to fill the shoes of a suicidal, unhinged, fast talking cop than Mel Gibson? In what may have been the defining role of his career, if not the finest performance he's ever given, Gibson truly shines here. Lethal Weapon carries the action with an itchy trigger finger, and has enough brawls to keep you interested, even where the plot may feel a bit thin. Though Gibson in particular takes on more superhero-like traits than human ones personified in Danny Glover's character, the original buddy cop formula works to perfection here without feeling tired or trite, even though this movie is now 30 years old.