PRIMATE is a story of a vacation going wrong. Lucy Pinborough (Johnny Sequoyah) is returning to her home in Hawaii after spending many years in a different part of the USA for her studies. She is accompanied by her friends, Kate (Victoria Wyant) and Nick (Benjamin Cheng). Kate brings along... Hannah (Jessica Alexander), without informing Lucy about it in advance. The four friends land in Hawaii and arrive at Lucy's mansion, located in a remote part of the island, with no other residences around for miles. Lucky meets her father, Adam (Troy Kotsur). Though he's deaf and dumb, he's also an acclaimed novelist. Lucy also meets her younger sister, Erin (Gia Hunter), who's upset with her for being away for a long time. The next 'family member' Lucy meets is a chimpanzee named Ben. Ben was adopted by Lucy's late mother, a linguistics professor, and he's highly intelligent and even friendly. Trouble arises when a mongoose enters Ben's enclosure and bites him. Since then, Ben starts behaving strangely. The next day after Lucy's arrival, Adam goes to the city for a book event. While on his way, he drops the carcass of the mongoose at a medical lab for testing. At night, Lucy, Kate, Nick and Hannah are partying when suddenly, Ben starts attacking them and even tries to kill them. They try to seek help but are unable to do so. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
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