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Adventure-thriller starring Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer and the unforgiving African wilderness. Written by William Goldman.
Sir Robert Beaumont (Tom Wilkinson) is behind schedule on...
Adventure-thriller starring Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer and the unforgiving African wilderness. Written by William Goldman.
Sir Robert Beaumont (Tom Wilkinson) is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson (Kilmer) to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington (Douglas), who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
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50 %52 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
75 %53,736 reviewsAudience score rating
"It lacks even the usual charm of being so bad it's funny. It's just bad."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"You will jump out of your seat then wince at every kill, but you won't leave the cinema thinking you've seen a classic."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Can't transcend a too-familiar script."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"When the movie sticks to fact, the result is a hypnotic spectacle."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling StoneThe Ghost and the Darkness | Details
Award winner- Best Sound Effects Editing, Academy Awards 1997.
- Rating
- M,
- Runtime
- 109
- Genre
- Adventure, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
