Instinct

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Instinct (1999)

R 06/04/1999 (US) 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.

Jon Turteltaub

Director
Gerald Di Pego

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Top Billed Cast

Anthony Hopkins

Dr. Ethan Powell
Cuba Gooding Jr.

Dr. Theo Caulder
Donald Sutherland

Ben Hillard
Maura Tierney

Lynn Powell
George Dzundza

Dr. John Murray
John Ashton

Guard Dacks
John Aylward

Warden Keefer
Doug Spinuzza

Nicko
Thomas Q. Morris

Pete
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A review by Wuchak

90%

Written by Wuchak on September 7, 2018

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 co... read the rest.

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