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- A spoof of the late '80s and early '90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, and Cape Fear.
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Ned's wife Lana and her car mechanic Frank, with whom she is having an affair, start plotting to kill Ned in order to collect on his accident insurance, which has a triple indemnity rider; if Ned is shot, falls from a northbound train, and drowns in a freshwater stream, Lana will collect nine million dollars.
Fatal Instinct: Directed by Carl Reiner. With Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young. A cop who moonlights as a lawyer cheats on his wife, not knowing that she's cheating on him and plans to kill him for the insurance.
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- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Carl Reiner
- 1993-10-29
FATAL INSTINCT is a side-split-tingly funny spoof of film noir dramas, in the AIRPLANE/NAKED GUN mode that offers affectionate winks at films like FATAL ATTRACTION, BASIC INSTINCT, THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, and CAPE FEAR, offering consistent laughs thanks, in part, to the self-assured direction of comedy icon Carl Reiner.
Ned Ravine (Armand Assante) is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with a seductive femme fatale, Lola Cain (Sean Young), during an ...
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- Carl Reiner
- PG-13
- Armand Assante
- Plot Summary
- Cial Features – 1.5/5
- EO – 3.75/5
- Io – 3.75/5
- Rall – 3.5/5
Sultry and seductive Lola Cain (SEAN YOUNG) is having an affair with Ned Ravine (ARMAND ASSANTE), a married policeman and lawyer who often represents those he’s arrested. But their affair comes to an abrupt end when Ned realizes how much he loves his wife Lana (KATE NELLIGAN). As fate would have it, Lana is carrying on an affair with her mechanic, ...
All features from the DVD have been ported over: Audio Commentarywith Director Carl Reiner and Writer David O’Malley. Both men breakdown the film from the script, casting and gags/riffs. Deleted Scenes (22:53; HD)– There are a few scenes left on the cutting room floor most likely because they added nothing to the comedy; optional commentary with Re...
Olive Films releases Fatal Instinctonto Blu-ray presented in its original 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio and given a pleasing 1080p high-definition transfer. I was pleasantly surprised with the picture quality. No, it’s not great or perfect but detail levels are sharp enough while colors appear to be well balanced throughout; there were, however, som...
The movie comes with a standard but effective enough DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track which is fine considering this is a comedy with little action. The most depth, centrally located, comes from the film-noir-inspired soundtrack and score while dialogue generally sounds crisp and clear. As with the picture, it’s nothing noteworthy or fantastic but per...
Overall, Fatal Instinct actually isn’t a half-bad spoof movie, probably along the lines of Top Secret. The jokes, while indeed stupid, are still laugh-out-loud funny and the performances from the core cast, especially Armand Assante, are played mostly straight that it makes the humor work. It’s also refreshing that the movie still holds up today un...
Fatal Instinct is a 1993 American erotic thriller comedy film directed by Carl Reiner. It parodies the erotic thriller movie genre, which at the time had reached its commercial peak. The film stars Armand Assante as a lawyer and cop named Ned Ravine who has an affair with a woman named Lola Cain played by Sean Young.
Synopsis. A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, Cape Fear and others. A cop/attorney (yes he's both) is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with a mechanic.
