

Primal
The ultimate hunter vs the ultimate predator
A big-game hunter for zoos books passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rare white Jaguar – along with a political assassin being extradited to the U.S in secret. Two days into the journey, the assassin escapes and releases the captive animals, throwing the ship into chaos.
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5.6/10
446 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $9M
- Box office
- $146.9K
- Language
- English
- assassin
- affectation
- amazon rainforest
- cynical
- freighter
- aggressive
- big game hunter
- exotic animals
- admiring
- adoring
- amused
- appreciative
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Availability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Premiere8 Nov 2019
United KingdomGB
- Physical15DVD17 Feb 2020
BrazilBR
- Physical141 Feb 2020
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT1630 May 2020
- TVParis Première30 Jul 2026
GermanyDE
- Digital / OTT1623 Mar 2020
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTR18+21 Feb 2020
NetherlandsNL
- Premiere1616 Jan 2020
PolandPL
- Digital / OTT1631 Jan 2020
PortugalPT
- PremiereM/1627 Dec 2019
- PhysicalM/1627 Dec 2019
RussiaRU
- Digital / OTT16+24 Dec 2019
SingaporeSG
- TheatricalNC16 (edited)16 Jan 2020
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1527 Dec 2019
Frequently asked questions
Primal was released on 27 December 2019.
Audience reviews
4- G5/10
Gimly
12/28/2019
This was exactly what I needed tonight. But what I needed wasn't something good. Nic Cage and everything that happens within his 30-foot sphere of influence is one hundred percent unbelievable at all times. _Under Siege_ with talking parrots, what could wrong? Lots. Still fun though. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
- J6/10
JPV852
1/19/2020
Pretty standard thriller, though compared to some of Cage's other direct-to-video flicks. Not altogether bad and I found some of it to be halfway entertaining, even with some questionable visual effects (which I give a pass considering what I assume wasn't a big budget), and it's never a bad thing seeing Famke Janssen. And for his part, as normal Cage performances go, he wasn't bad. The biggest drawback however w…
- K7/10
Kamurai
9/28/2020
Really good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. This is one of Nicolas Cage's more reserved roles, and the movie is very well balanced between him and Kevin Durand (and LaMonica Garrett and his team dealing with Durand's character). The premise is intriguing and simple: trapped on a boat with a killer, wild animals, military, and a hunter: who wins? The biggest problem I have with this, and the movi…
- W6/10
Wuchak
2/19/2022
_**Solid ship adventure with Cage, Famke and a cargo of jungle animals**_ A ship with a cargo of deadly exotic wildlife, including a rare white jaguar, travels from the Amazon to Puerto Rico when a political killer being secretly extradited to the USA (Kevin Durand) escapes captivity and releases the animals for a voyage of utter mayhem. Nicolas Cage and Famke Janssen head the cast. "Primal" (2019) is an amusin…
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