Primate: Swings but doesn't soar

Johannes Roberts' Primate arrives with the subtlety of a coconut falling on your head, which is to say it is loud, outrageous, and strangely satisfying.

- Troy Ribeiro

The premise is as old as firelight storytelling. A beloved family pet contracts a deadly infection and promptly forgets its manners.What follows is a brisk survival thriller that trades philosophical depth for adrenaline, often quite proudly. Set in a seemingly idyllic Hawaiian home that quickly reveals itself to be an architectural death trap, the film traps its characters in a sun-soaked nightmare where the pool becomes both sanctuary and prison.