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Primal

R Released Nov 8, 2019 1h 37m Action TRAILER for Primal: Trailer 1 List
38% Tomatometer 47 Reviews 22% Audience Score 100+ Ratings
Hunter and collector Frank Walsh expects a big payday after bagging a priceless white jaguar for a zoo. But the ship bearing Frank's precious cargo has another predator -- a political assassin facing extradition to America. When the prisoner manages to break free, Walsh must utilize his expert skills to capture the dangerous killer -- not dead, but alive. Read More Read Less
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Chiefly of interest to Nicolas Cage completists and hardcore B-movie fans, this action thriller suffers from an unfortunate lack of Primal energy.

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Amy Nicholson FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) It's more brutal than thrilling... I think the plot summary is probably the most tongue-in-cheek about the way it plays out. Nov 8, 2019 Full Review David Ehrlich indieWire A lifeless game of cat-and-mouse-and-jaguar. Rated: D Nov 8, 2019 Full Review Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Face it, tiger: Primal is boring. Rated: 1.5/4 Nov 8, 2019 Full Review Dev Shea Nightmarish Conjurings I love kitchen sink action movies like this where there’s a little bit of everything causing problems. There’s fighting, gore, guns, isolation and wild animals. It’s like Jumanji but with less family-friendly content and more grunting Sep 15, 2022 Full Review Howard Gorman NME (New Musical Express) Stuffed with unintentionally laugh-out-loud moments, Primal is fun as long as you don't take it too seriously. Rated: 3/5 Jun 10, 2021 Full Review Alex Behan Stuff.co.nz A B-grade blast. Just to be clear, this is a bad movie, but Nicolas Cage is mesmerising. Jun 4, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mark B Cgi is not good. Cage was pretty good. Very limited story telling. It was alright. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/27/24 Full Review Mighty N Movie is bad but enjoyable for the most part. Watch this when you have nothing else to do. Although, you might want to do something else instead of watching this Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/18/24 Full Review Alex P Decent Film. Good performance from cage. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/11/24 Full Review Chad B A decent movie with good acting all around. Not the greatest, but a solid, very entertaining Nick Cage movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/20/23 Full Review GuestLord D The horrible 3DCG ruined most of the movie from the beginning. Problem wise, there was a massive lack of common sense and story. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/10/23 Full Review Daniel W 7/10 - A pretty good survival/action film, but it could have done with a few more Jaguar kills. In this film Nicholas Cage plays a poacher called Walsh who kidnaps and sells animals to the highest bidder. He has most recently captured a very rare White Jaguar and is on a boat to sell it for a small fortune but also on board are some police officers who are transporting a killer (Richard Loffler - Kevin Durand) and during the journey the killer escapes and sets free all the animals. The film starts off very intensely by showing how Nicholas Cage hunts and captures the White Jag. Unfortunately after this the White Jag takes a back seat and when the killer sets her free you only see her kill a few people which isn't very entertaining compared to how many people the killers takes out. Also these kills from the white Jag are brief, but one is gory. The kills from the killer are more intense and shocking, especially from his excellent head shots. There are also some good fight scenes between the killer and Nicholas Cage which are good and intense. As I said at the start the killer sets free all the animals and this makes the film good because as well as a vicious cat you also see some deadly snakes and brutal monkeys that'll claw your face off if you touch their babies. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Hunter and collector Frank Walsh expects a big payday after bagging a priceless white jaguar for a zoo. But the ship bearing Frank's precious cargo has another predator -- a political assassin facing extradition to America. When the prisoner manages to break free, Walsh must utilize his expert skills to capture the dangerous killer -- not dead, but alive.
Director
Nick Powell
Producer
Daniel Grodnik, Bobby Ranghelov, Luillo Ruiz, Bret Saxon
Screenwriter
Richard Leder
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Pimienta, Daniel Grodnik Productions, Imprint Entertainment, Wonderfilm Media, Source Investments B.V.
Rating
R (Violence and Language)
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 8, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 8, 2019
Runtime
1h 37m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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