Primal Fear

Primal Fear is streaming on Paramount+ in the US right now, and you can rent or buy it on Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube and Fandango. Cinova keeps this updated and links you straight into the service.

Primal Fear has a Cinova Score of 8.2 out of 10 from 11 ratings. That puts it at #28 in Crime and #118 of all movies on Cinova. Every rating comes from a real person ranking it against the other titles they have seen, so the number is a decimal, not a rounded star count.

Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark...

Primal Fear was directed by Gregory Hoblit and released in 1996. It stars Richard Gere, Laura Linney and Edward Norton.

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