"Primate" - It's Pretty Hard Out Here for a Chimp

Lucy (Johnny Sequoyah) returns home to Hawaii, to reconnect with her sister Erin (Gia Hunter), deaf novelist father Adam (Troy Kotsur) and the latter's long-term chimp Ben (Miguel Torres Umba). But as she and her friends relax, unwind and bond, something is wrong with Ben...

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This does exactly what it says on the tin: an excellent time and a real rip-roaring crowd pleaser. A man gets his face torn off in the first 2 minutes, Rob Delaney appears, and the finale is a monkey fistfighting a man. They use the deafness of one of its leads well (it's nice to see), there are some creative kills, great blood effects. Yes, the most charismatic character and actor (Jessica Alexander) gets killed off, and the film is not as clever as some would like, but it does the job well. Killer monkey. Excellent stuff, much my jam.