Overview
- Paramount’s rollout places the film in theaters across Peru on January 1, Mexico on January 8, and the United States on January 9.
- The survival-horror story follows a tropical vacation upended when a family’s pet chimpanzee turns violently aggressive after a bite.
- Director Johannes Roberts rejects CGI in favor of a human performer in a tailored suit augmented by animatronics and puppetry for fight scenes.
- Miguel Torres Umba delivers the physical performance as Ben, while Johnny Sequoyah and Oscar-winner Troy Kotsur co-star, with Kotsur noting repeated, blood-soaked stunt takes.
- After a festival run that included multiple Toronto After Dark awards, early reviews are broadly positive on Rotten Tomatoes, and early viewers report no post-credits scene.