For those of you unfamiliar with the original; Basic Instinct was a highly anticipated and controversial film. It introduced Michael Douglas as the king of adult thrillers (following Fatal Attraction), and propelled Sharon Stone to stardom. The plot was simple: decorated San Francisco police officer is infatuated with a sexy novelist/murder suspect…

What begins as a narrated adaptation of the source novel quickly falls into the petty problems of it’s cast and crew: Steve Coogan (as a satirical version of himself) faces such dilemmas as his wardrobe not making him taller than his co-star (on obvious comparison to his insecurities of not being the “bigger” man), and later must deal with his girlfriend, Jenny, and newborn son. Through conversations Coogan has with various cast and crew…