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.
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Anthony Hopkins
Dr. Ethan Powell
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Dr. Theo Caulder
Donald Sutherland
Ben Hillard
Maura Tierney
Lynn Powell
George Dzundza
Dr. John Murray
John Ashton
Guard Dacks
John Aylward
Warden Keefer
Doug Spinuzza
Nicko
Thomas Q. Morris
Pete
Vivienne Sendaydiego
Catherine
Director
Jon Turteltaub
Screenplay
Gerald Di Pego
Tagline
"Nothing is more savage than civilization."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$80,000,000
Revenue
$34,105,207
Production
Spyglass Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures
Wuchak
September 7, 2018
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