Instinct

Year: 1999

Runtime: 124 mins

Language: English

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Budget: $80M

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Nothing is more savage than civilization. In a high‑security prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell becomes the subject of a study by ambitious young psychiatrist Theo Caulder. Fueled by a thirst for truth, Caulder throws caution to the wind, risking his career and even his life in a desperate bid to decipher Powell’s bizarre, violent behavior.

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