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04/06/1999 Drama, Thriller 2h 4m
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Nothing is more savage than civilization.

Overview

In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.

  1. Jon Turteltaub

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Anthony Hopkins

    Dr. Ethan Powell

  2. Cuba Gooding Jr.

    Dr. Theo Caulder

  3. Donald Sutherland

    Ben Hillard

  4. Maura Tierney

    Lynn Powell

  5. George Dzundza

    Dr. John Murray

  6. John Ashton

    Guard Dacks

  7. John Aylward

    Warden Keefer

  8. Doug Spinuzza

    Nicko

  9. Thomas Q. Morris

    Pete

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2018-09-07
How free are you really? Are you a liberator or a controller?

What is the main purpose of a movie? To entertain and amuse in one way or another, right? In other words, captivate your attention for the span of the movie's runtime. Great movies do this PLUS something else: They inspire you and make you think; maybe even enlighten. That's the power of the art of film. "Instinct" (1999) does this, which explains my high rating.

THE PLOT: Anthropologist Ethan Powell (Anthony Hopkins) goes missing in Africa for a couple of years; when he is found living with gorillas in the wild he kills a c...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$80,000,000.00

Revenue
$34,105,207.00

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