Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Instinct
1999
**½
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney

Anthony Hopkins plays an anthropologist accused of killing park rangers and Cuba Gooding Jr. is a psychiatrist who tries to get inside his head. Both actors try their best, but this is a rather lifeless drama which builds up to a climax that doesn't pay off. The patients in the mental hospital represent your typical Hollywood selection of wacky and likeable nuts. Inspired by the book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn.