Three films today meting out punishment to the naive.
Instinct is the worst of the lot.
Anthony Hopkins plays Dr. Ethan Powell, a distinguished primatologist, who when we meet him hasn't gone native so much as ape. He's wild and woolly and has long since stopped talking, even after he's handed over to the US by Rwanda, where he's been in jail for over a year as the result of a murderous encounter with park rangers. Despite Dr. Powell being manacled, he goes on a rampage at the airport knocking out 3000 people who fall over on cue. Over in the distinguished school of something or other, where Dr. Powell used to be the star professor, Donald Sutherland is chief Shrink and Head Suit, Dr. Ben Hillard. He assigns Bright Lad Dr. Theo Caulder, played by Cuba Gooding Jr., to get Dr. Powell to talk so he can stand trial, which Dr. Caulder transforms into a mission to save Dr. Powell.