Primatologist Ethan Powell (Ethan Hopkins) has been in the African jungle studying gorillas a little too long and has turned apeman , but he suddenly becomes a killer . Since he's been returned to the US and imprisoned in a Miami jail for the insane , and he's taken a vow of silence . A psycho-therapist named Theo Caulder (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is assigned to see him and analyze his strange behaviour . One man's mind is another man's mystery ! .Nothing is more savage than civilization !.
A brooding and thought-provoking movie with nice performances , but some boring and slow-moving . The film is decent but relies heavily on prison and other claustrophobic scenes , with exception for the primates images in the African jungle that result to be the highlights of the film , the most part being set among nutty people and incarcerated places . Main and support cast are pretty well . As Cuba Gooding Jr is fine as Theo Caulder , an ambitious shrink who's sent to see the clinical whacko . While Anthony Hopkins once again gets to chew the scenary as the primatologis who get nutty by killing poachers who are threatening his primate friends. The secondary cast is frankly good , such as : Donald Sutherland , Maura Tierney , George Dzundza , John Aylward , John Ashton , among others.
Special mention for the moving and rousing musical score by Danny Elffman . As well as colorful and evocative cinematography by Philippe Rousselot . The motion picture was professionally directed by Jon Turteltaub , though results to be some tiring , derivative and predictable . Jon Turteltaub is a prestigious producer and director, a good craftsman known for 3 Ninjas (1992) , Cool Runnings (1993), While You Were Sleeping(1995) Phenomenon (1996) , The Kid (2000) , Reel talent ((2007) , National Treasure I and II , Last Vegas (2013) and Megalodon (2016) . Rating : 5.5/10 . Passable and acceptable . The flick will appeal to Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr fans.
A brooding and thought-provoking movie with nice performances , but some boring and slow-moving . The film is decent but relies heavily on prison and other claustrophobic scenes , with exception for the primates images in the African jungle that result to be the highlights of the film , the most part being set among nutty people and incarcerated places . Main and support cast are pretty well . As Cuba Gooding Jr is fine as Theo Caulder , an ambitious shrink who's sent to see the clinical whacko . While Anthony Hopkins once again gets to chew the scenary as the primatologis who get nutty by killing poachers who are threatening his primate friends. The secondary cast is frankly good , such as : Donald Sutherland , Maura Tierney , George Dzundza , John Aylward , John Ashton , among others.
Special mention for the moving and rousing musical score by Danny Elffman . As well as colorful and evocative cinematography by Philippe Rousselot . The motion picture was professionally directed by Jon Turteltaub , though results to be some tiring , derivative and predictable . Jon Turteltaub is a prestigious producer and director, a good craftsman known for 3 Ninjas (1992) , Cool Runnings (1993), While You Were Sleeping(1995) Phenomenon (1996) , The Kid (2000) , Reel talent ((2007) , National Treasure I and II , Last Vegas (2013) and Megalodon (2016) . Rating : 5.5/10 . Passable and acceptable . The flick will appeal to Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr fans.