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  • 2007
  • R
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2007
  • R
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 33 m
Primeval

Summary In one of the most remote places on earth, a bloodthirsty serial killer has claimed over 300 victims, and is still at large to this day. Now, inspired by the true story of the world's most prolific killer, comes Primeval, a nail-biting horror-thriller that follows an American news crew determined to capture this terrifying murderer alive...

Directed By: Michael Katleman

Written By: John Brancato, Michael Ferris

  • 2007
  • R
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2007
  • R
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 33 m

Primeval

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
35
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
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Summary In one of the most remote places on earth, a bloodthirsty serial killer has claimed over 300 victims, and is still at large to this day. Now, inspired by the true story of the world's most prolific killer, comes Primeval, a nail-biting horror-thriller that follows an American news crew determined to capture this terrifying murderer alive...

Directed By: Michael Katleman

Written By: John Brancato, Michael Ferris

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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9% Positive
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27% Mixed
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64% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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27% Mixed
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64% Negative
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67
Pit a reptile the size of a school bus against an American TV-news crew in war-scarred Burundi, and you get "Hotel Rwanaconda," a horror movie interested in cheesy scares and drawing attention to the plight of poor Africans. (So no, Primeval is not the '"serial killer'" film promised by the ads.)
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The screenplay, by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, tosses out a few chewy bits of B-movie wit, most of them supplied by Mr. Jones, who expresses the ambivalence of an African-American visiting the motherland through a series of bitter jokes.
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
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25% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
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56% Positive
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25% Mixed
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19% Negative
3 Ratings

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40
Strangely self-serious, and without covering the prerequisites of top-shelf nastiness that contemporary horror requires, this giant crocodile movie turns out to be neither fish nor fowl.
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38
Primeval is a hoot if you're in the mood, though, and it gets points for trying to stuff a little globo-think into the minds of Friday night mayhem fans (who will probably rebel, since only one skull pops like a grape).
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
33
If there were a shred of sincerity to its straight-faced exposé of African strife, the film would be easier to forgive, but since it's really just a cheap horror-thriller about an ancient predator, the austere tone does it no favors.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
30
A low-rent monster movie that could well have been released by American International in the early 1970s, Primeval boasts a level of cheesiness that should well merit it a regular rotation on late-night cable.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
25
By the end of the film, I was hoping everyone on two legs would die, preferably suffering as much on screen as I was in the audience.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Film Afrika Worldwide, Hollywood Pictures, Pariah, Sarah James Productions
Release Date Jan 12, 2007
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
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Tagline Inspired by the true story of the most prolific serial killer in history.
Website http://primeval.movies.go.com/
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