Primal

R

Released Nov 8, 2019

1 hr. 37 min.

Action

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47 Reviews

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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.

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Critics Consensus

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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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

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Alex P

Decent Film. Good performance from cage.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/11/24

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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

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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

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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

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Emilliano Jr S

The trailer got me so I gave it a shot. Now I realized I wasted 1.5 hours of my life.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/29/23

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Nick Powell

Director

Nicolas Cage

Frank Walsh

Famke Janssen

Dr. Ellen Taylor

Kevin Durand

Richard Loffler

LaMonica Garrett

John Ringer

Michael Imperioli

Paul Freed

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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

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David Ehrlich

indieWire

A lifeless game of cat-and-mouse-and-jaguar.

Rated: D

Nov 8, 2019

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Face it, tiger: Primal is boring.

Rated: 1.5/4

Nov 8, 2019

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Dev Shea

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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

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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

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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

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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
Executive Producer: Michael Becker, Jeff Bowler, Alastair Burlingham, Mickey Gooch
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
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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