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Primal

2019 · 97 min · Director: Nick Powell ★ IMDb 4.9 · 12,677 ratings

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A big-game hunter for zoos has booked passage on a Latin American 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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Primal (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Tension 30%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Tension, Fear. Genres: Thriller, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Tension and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 4.9/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 57/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Fear
Relief
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 28 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity37 %22 %17 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity39 %24 %18 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Curiosity40 %26 %15 %0 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Curiosity43 %29 %14 %0 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Curiosity45 %30 %15 %0 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Humor51 %41 %24 %0 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Tension66 %64 %43 %0 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Tension73 %73 %51 %0 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Tension71 %71 %54 %1 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Tension73 %70 %54 %4 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Tension73 %68 %50 %9 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Tension74 %71 %53 %11 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Tension75 %75 %54 %5 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Tension79 %79 %59 %1 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Tension83 %83 %65 %5 %
77.5 %≈ 75′Tension83 %83 %65 %6 %
82.5 %≈ 80′Tension83 %81 %61 %10 %
87.5 %≈ 85′Tension80 %68 %46 %34 %
92.5 %≈ 90′Relief77 %48 %32 %60 %
97.5 %≈ 95′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JJ
Jeremy Jay Nazario

Rafael

LG
LaMonica Garrett

John Ringer

Michael Imperioli

Paul Freed

IS
Isaac Santiago

Vasquez

BC
Braulio Castillo Jr.

Morales

TW
Tommy Walker

Forrest

SW
Sewell Whitney

Scuddy

LA
Leon Andrew Joseph

Jerome

SV
Sebastian Vázquez

Shelton

JL
John Lewis

Harrison

RH
Rey Hernandez

Prettyman

DS
Drake Shannon

Miller

JI
Jaime Irizarry

Delgado

PT
Pablo Tufiño

Diego

LD
Lunarena Del Fresno

Diego's Daughter

BT
Brian Tester

Delaney

Details

Directed by
Nick Powell
Written by
Richard Leder
Type
Movies
Released
2019
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.9 · 12,677 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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