Instinct

About Instinct

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's Instinct is a 1999 thriller film. Its themes are jungle, psychologist, gorilla, and mute.

Anthony Hopkins stars as Dr. Ethan Powell, Cuba Gooding Jr. as Dr. Theo Caulder, Donald Sutherland as Ben Hillard, and Maura Tierney as Lynn Powell. It runs 124 minutes and was released in June 1999.

The screenplay is by Gerald Di Pego.

Son of a Gun, Cannibal Ferox, and Dillinger make useful companions to Instinct, all filed under murder, prison, and prison break. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 686 votes and it carries a R rating.