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Primal Fear
1996
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3.7
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3.5
With Primal Fear, Hoblit blends the grittiness of NYPD Blue with a fairly taut thriller that sustains its tension until the films compelling final sce ..
Austin Chronicle
4.4
The plot is as good as crime procedurals get, but the movie is really better than its plot because of the three dimensional characters.
Rogerebert
3.8
Director Gregory Hoblit develops the film smoothly, but the courtroom details dont ring true.
Lariat
3.8
An unsettling drama, Primal Fear brims with dark secrets twists and turns.
Emanuellevy
3.1
At its heart, Primal Fear is less a legal thriller than it is an exploration of the nature of duplicity, with every major character having more than o ..
Q Network
2.8
Based on one of William Diehls best selling novels featuring the vituperative Vail, Primal Fear allows our protagonist to put himself in a fine pickle ..
Ew
5.0
Going well beyond the usual courtroom drama, Primal Fear creates an atmosphere of corruption in high places with ventures into the lurid, but director ..
Sf Gate
3.8
It would be easy to dismiss Shadow Conspiracy on the terms of its writing and directing, which is abysmal.
Mr Brown Movies
2.5
Despite high production standards and a slick advertising campaign, Primal Fear is as trite and routine as any made for TV courtroom drama.
ReelViews
3.8
Gregory Hoblits juicy thriller Primal Fearbased on the novel by William Diehlgave an established star a good role and made a star out of an unknown st ..
Groucho Reviews
3.8
The toying with the expected makes Primal Fear feel like fresh material.
Spliced Wire
3.8
Still, while theres nothing terribly cinematic about it, Untraceable is just the kind of mindless endeavor thatll perfectly fit the bill for a lazy Su ..
Reel Film
3.5
Primal Fear is absorbing and fun which is more than many other courtroom dramas can say.Director Gregory Hoblit paces the story slowly enough to allow ..
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