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Primal

2019

Nick Powell

Nicolas Cage, Famke Janssen, Joseph Oliveira, Brian Tester ...

3.8

720

Action. Thriller The script, written by Richard Leder, centers on a big-game hunter for zoos who has booked passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rare white Jaguar — along with a political assassin being extradited to the U.S in secret. Two days into the journey, the assassin escapes and releases the captive animals, throwing the ship into chaos.

	Author	Review
United States	Sara Stewart New York Post	"Cage is at the center of this deeply stupid thriller that could be renamed 'Snakes on a Boat' (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"A movie that seems to have put several prior movies in a food processor — to results that are edible, but unsurprisingly don’t taste like anything in particular, let alone induce a desire for seconds."	NEG
United States	Michele Swope Dread Central	"One of the things that makes 'Primal' work is that the movie doesn’t take itself too seriously (...) So, grab some popcorn, sit back and watch the madness (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"Nic Cage doesn’t even try to upstage his animal costars in the lousy zoological action thriller 'Primal'"	NEG
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"A disappointingly ordinary action flick (...) Powell squanders this project’s promising elements (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"It's a time-killer at best, but one that can be enjoyed with only occasional moments of guilt."	NEU
United States	Rex Reed The New York Observer	"'Primal' Is full of stomach-turning twists (...) Nicolas Cage delivers his best performance in years (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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