4K UHD Review – Sliver

After dealing with the demands of supporting work and bad movies for a decade, Sharon Stone finally broke through to the big time in 1992's "Basic Instinct," making her mark in a charged erotic thriller. Naturally, Hollywood wanted another one just like it, positioning 1993's "Sliver" as Stone's next step toward superstardom, playing to her physical and performance strengths as another character caught up in a murder mystery and sexual games. Director Phillip Noyce (fresh off the success of "Patriot Games") and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (who wrote "Basic Instinct") are certainly prepared to deliver a spicy, spooky understanding of personal issues and primal attraction, but "Sliver" is slippery, and it eventually succumbs to stupidity (courtesy of clumsy reshoots). However, all is not lost, finding mood to the offering that's initially appealing, as Noyce attempts to craft something seductive and disturbing with this take on voyeurism. It has its moments before it completely falls apart. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com