PRIMAL (Theatrical Release Philippines 2019)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.9|5.0 Starsììì

Primal—average survival film—thrives on its introduction of a white jaguar. This single distinction causes it to lean more toward drama than thriller film. Kevin Durand renders a very good villainous character and Famke Jansson does a good job of depicting a soldier, but the movie constipates itself around the white jaguar so much that it seems if that novelty had been dispensed with, the movie could then have moved to a higher level of entertainment.

Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia

Storyline

A 400-pound white jaguar gets released by a psychopath on a ship already at sea.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director Nick Powell for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Michael Becker, Jeff Bowler, Alastair Burlingham, Jason Garrett, Mickey Gooch, Jeff Gum, Walt Jones, Walter Josten, Nat McCormick, Cyril Megret, Massimiliano Musina, David Rogers, Brian O’Shea, Diana Principe, Gery Raskin, Luis A. Riefkohl, Kirk Shaw, Michael Sirow, and Paul Weinberg for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include:Frank Walsh (Nicolas Cage), Dr. Ellen Taylor (Famke Janssen), Richard Loffler (Kevin Durand), Rafael (Jeremy Nazario), John Ringer (LaMonica Garrett), Freed (Michael Imperioli), Vasquez (Isaac Santiago), Morales (Braulio Castillo hijo), Forrest (Tommy Walker), Scuddy (Sewel Whitney), Jerome (Leon Andrew Joseph), Shelton (Sebastian Vázquez), Harrison (John Lewis), Prettyman (Rey Hernandez),  and Miller (Drake Shannon).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Maybe. The movie works well for a background running flick at a party. 

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