The Ghost and the Darkness
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.
Critics Sentiment
Patterson kills the first attacking lion with one shot
Lions slaughter patients and Hawthorne in the hospital
The film drops from exciting lion hunting sequences to implausible mass carnage during the hospital massacre, then recovers for the final bridge confrontation
The Ghost and the Darkness starts strong with beautiful African cinematography and an engaging premise, but loses credibility during increasingly supernatural lion attacks that strain believability. The film recovers somewhat with Michael Douglas's charismatic performance and thrilling final hunting sequences, though many critics felt it worked better as a creature feature than historical drama.
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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
Henry Cele
Mahina
Kurt Egelhof
Indian Victim
Satchu Annamalai
Worker
Teddy Reddy
Worker
Raheem Khan
Worker
Glen Gabela
Orderly
Richard Nwamba
Orderly #2
Nick Lorentz
Photographer
Alex Ferns
Stockton
Kaycey Padayachee
Beaumont's Valet
Giles Masters
Beaumont's Clerk
Crew
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