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NC16 (SINGAPORE)
2020
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Primal
Positive Reviews
7
Negative reviews
17
Average Rating
2.3
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2.0
This thriller has a fun premise, but it feels both too lazy and too serious; rather than really playing with the concept, the film does little more th ..
Common Sense Media
4.5
If anything, theres a beautiful way the series pares down these interactions.
Indie Wire
1.5
Say what you will about zoos, but thats still a mighty tumble down the moral ladder, and its left Frank with a deep self loathing that hes been trying ..
Indie Wire
1.5
Its a time killer at best, but one that can be enjoyed with only occasional moments of guilt.
The Hollywood Reporter
2.0
This is one of the unfortunate examples where so much energy evidently went into devising the admittedly nutball premise that there was virtually noth ..
E Film Critic
1.5
Unfortunately, even by the relaxed standards of trash cinema, Primal is dispiritingly tame.
1.5
Despite some horrendous CGI, this is a perfectly serviceable B movie.
JoBlo
2.2
The latest in Nicolas Cages seemingly endless stream of B movie potboilers ludicrously implausible as well as unpleasantly claustrophobic.
One Guys Opinion
1.8
As always, theres Cage, and hes in peak Cage osity here, trying to give the blandness that surrounds him some much needed thespian spice.
Blu Ray
1.9
Something this inherently silly shouldnt feel so tediously routine.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.8
With a possessive big game hunter and a rare cat, combined with a smart, psychopathic killer on the loose aboard a ship at sea, you can kind of figure ..
2.2
This is a slapdash affair...that cops from everything from The Silence of the Lambs to Snakes on a Plane... the story is such a patchwork of other gen ..
1.5
This modest action adventure B movie offers a bit more pleasure than guilt.
You Tube
1.3
There is a limit to the redemption Nicolas Cage can grant a terrible movie, and Primal is it.
New York Post
3.0
How have I not been transported back to the 90s where Primal should be opening in wide release alongside every other audacious action hybrid imaginabl ..
Flickering Myth
2.5
Nic Cage is trapped on a boat with a terrorist and an albino CGI jaguar. That is an amazing premise! If only we could see it. Bad camera work and chop ..
Uproxx
1.3
Primal is like Life of Pi meets The Silence of the Lambs, only way less fun than that sounds.
Aisle Seat
4.5
When Primal focuses on Nicolas Cage and his uncaged beasts it manages to deliver enough silly fun to stand apart from his other releases this year.
Film School Rejects
3.0
Is Primal good Not exactly. But it is a film in which Nicolas Cage goes man hunting on a ship full of snakes and parrots and monkeys and, in a way, th ..
Star Burst Magazine
2.2
Its the sort of humdrum thriller you half watch on TV while folding laundry; any hope that Cage might do something memorable enough to momentarily pul ..
Film Avclub
2.5
At its best, Primal calls to mind Adam Sandlers Netflix originals, where its clear the actor is just going on vacation to different locals and hoping ..
Spectrum Culture
1.5
Primal simply refuses to dive into the wackiness of the premise, and a generally straight faced presentation is not what most people want from a movie ..
Thril List
2.2
Despite the Cage vs. jaguar hook that is being relied on to sell the movie, there isnt a whole lot of gnarly animal action.
Crooked Marquee
3.5
Imagine a much more savage version of Noahs Ark, with Nicolas Cage yelling some truly great lines about his cat while fighting bad guy Kevin Durand, a ..
Dread Central
2.5
Despite its flaws, I warmed to Primal as it neared its close, and not just because it was nearly at a close. Its enjoyable nonsense that becomes weird ..
Caution Spoilers
2.0
Primal contains an awful lot of stupid, but the sound is so muddy its hard to catch much dialog. At least we have that small mercy to be thankful for.
Maddwolf
4.0
Nicolas Un Caged thats what you could call this man versus nature actioner. Nicolas Cage returns to his action roots with Primal, a high octane action ..
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