Despite a cast led by Oscar-winners Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr., neither critics nor the public took to the strange prison drama Instinct, and it seems Touchstone also has little affection for the film, judging by this weak DVD. The letterboxed picture is okay and the Dolby Digital 5.1 Sound does at least make the most of the reasonably dramatic soundtrack. However, the only special feature is the film's original theatrical trailer, which is scarcely an adequate selling point for a film that so utterly failed to capture public imagination. At the very least there could have been some production notes and biographies of the stars. As it is, even fans of the two leads will find little to recommend this bare-bones DVD.
Customer Rating
5
Everybody should watch this!!!
on April 7, 2008
Posted by: movieman2000
from vancouver, canada
this was a powerful film! Everybody goes outside today!!!! Cuba is a power actor. a very unique talent! a must watch film!
What's great about it: Cuba and hopkins are POWERFUL!!!
What's not so great: mixed fillings about ending..
Cuba Gooding Jr. and Clifton Collins Jr. portray a pair of former gang members who trade in their colors for badges, only to discover that life on the other side of the law isn't much different than life on the streets, in Nightstalker director Chris Fisher's tale of crime and corruption in the highest ranks of the inner-city police force. As anti-gang task force cops Armando Sancho (Collins Jr.) and his partner Salim Adel (Gooding Jr.) make their way through the sweltering concrete jungle of a decaying city, the lines between the law and the lawless grow increasingly blurred. His conscience stirred by his involvement in the murder of an innocent man, Sancho begins weighing the prospect of participating in an Internal Affairs investigation against his loyalty to his amoral partner and best friend Adel. When Sancho and Adel are called in by their division lieutenant (Cole Hauser) and assigned the task of delivering confiscated dope to the henchmen of feared gangster Damien Baine (Wyclef Jean), the deal is sweetened by Baine's offer to cut the pair in on the profits if they agree to bust a gang of newly arrived Canadian drug dealers looking to establish roots in the city. The task is complicated however, by the revelation that not only does the Canadian gang have direct ties to a well-established crime syndicate headed by ruthless Latino crime lord Roland (Robert La Sardo), but that the disgruntled girlfriend of a noted police informant is looking to exact deadly revenge on Adel for a previous wrongdoing as well.
Customer Rating
5
Cuba Rocks!!
on April 7, 2008
Posted by: movieman2000
from vancouver, canada
This is a great genre piece.. Cuba is always awesome. will watch anything he is in... Clifton does his thing as well... if you like action and drama pick this up!!
What's great about it: Cuba
What's not so great: could have been directed better.
I FELT LIKE THIS WAS REALLY WELL MADE, FROM THE SET DESIGN TO THE GRITTYNESS OF THE FILM, I THINK IT WAS SHOT ON 16MM TO GIVE IT A MORE 70'S STLYE I THOUGHT WAS GENIUS, THE WARDROBE'S WERE COOL TOO, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES IN THE 70'S FRO THE TIGHT BELL BOTTOMS TO THE SHORT SHORTS! HILARIOUS EVEN THE LINGO IN THIS FILM WAS UNIQUE AND COOL, GLAD I BOUGHT IT!
What's great about it: GREAT UP COMING CAST ALL OVER!
What's not so great: A LITTLE SLOW FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE BUT I LIKE STORIES.