Sliver Review

This one was released shortly after 'Basic Instinct', in which Sharon Stone crossed her legs minus her underpants and had all the men in the world drooling. She played a suspected psycho, but this time around the roles have switched. Sliver does not belong to the genre of the great Hollywood psycho thrillers, but it definitely is a decent flick with good direction, a fast paced script and an impressive star cast.

Welcome To 112, a plush uptown apartment, the residents here are a mixed bunch of high profile professionals and celebrities. The movie begins with a pretty lady being thrown from the 16th floor by a mystery killer. End of scene. Clare Norris (Sharon Stone), an editor is the new resident in the building. She is coming to terms with her broken marriage, she is heart broken, sexually frustrated and lonely. But there is something spooky about 112, everybody is constantly being watched by some mysterious person with the aid of state of the art surveillance technology.

Clare bumps into William Baldwin, who resides in the building and there is a mutual attraction. She also attracts the attention of Berenger, a famous novelist who is another resident at 112. One day Clare receives a telescope as a gift and the irresistible urge to snoop gets the better of her and she turns into a regular peeping Tom. Of the advances of the two, she settles for Baldwin and after they spend the night together, Baldwin reveals that he is the owner of 112 and takes pleasure in snooping. Every apartment in the building is fitted with hidden cameras and Baldwin watches every move his tenants make. Initially Clare enjoys the thrill of snooping but soon realizes that Baldwin is a sick man who is obsessed with snooping and will stop at nothing to get his sick pleasure. She sets about trying to solve the mystery of the murdered woman and eventually proves that Baldwin is the murderer.

The movie attempts to depict the kinks in the human psyche and the extremes to which it can go. Sharon looks as gorgeous as ever and she fits Clare's character like a glove.This one is a good flick to watch.