PRIMAL is a middling movie which could best be described as DIE HARD on a ship with a pack of deadly animals and a psycho rather than a gang of robbers. Given that Nicolas Cage churns out endless movies these days and many of them are diabolically bad, this one's at least mildly entertaining. The CGI is below par but the worst effect is Famke Janssen, who looks frighteningly like a waxwork here. Cage is slumming it for the most part but Kevin Durand makes for an effective villain and the pacing isn't at all bad.