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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

R 1996-10-11 (US) Adventure, Action, Thriller, Horror, History 1h 49m

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Prey For The Hunters

Overview

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson 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, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

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Michael Douglas

Charles Remington
Val Kilmer

Col. John Henry Patterson
Tom Wilkinson

Sir Robert Beaumont
John Kani

Samuel
Emily Mortimer

Helena Patterson
Bernard Hill

Dr. David Hawthorne
Brian McCardie

Angus Starling
Om Puri

Abdullah
Jack Devnarain

Nervous Sikh Orderly
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A review by sykobanana

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Written by sykobanana on January 2, 2021

I loved this movie when I got to see it when it was first released.
Based on a true story (in fact the only part that was made up for is the lions' den scene), this movie breathes Africa due to the incredible cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond. Africa is as bright and as amazing in this film as it is in person. There is no CGI, only real, trained lions and real effects.
Set during the European colonialisation of Africa, we focus on the British need to complete a railway bridge across a small river which is complicated by 2 lions who seem to hunt for fun, not just food.

Even now, 25... read the rest.

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