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Genres:
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Action /
Adventure /
Drama /
Horror /
Thriller /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Stephen Hopkins
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Actors:
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Brian McCardie,
Kurt Egelhof,
Satchu Annamalai,
Teddy Reddy,
Raheem Khan,
Jack Devnarain,
Glen Gabela,
Michael Douglas,
Val Kilmer,
Tom Wilkinson,
John Kani,
Bernard Hill,
Emily Mortimer,
Om Puri,
Henry Cele
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Duration:
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109 min.
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Rating:
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(6.6/10)89
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Plot Summary:
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In 1896, a construction conductor from the British Army, J.H. Patterson is sent to develop a railway connection across Uganda's Tsavo River for the British East African Railway. A moment after he arrives, workmen begin to fade away at night from their tents - not under any condition to be seen alive again. The originate in a minute discovers that a pair of gyves-eating lions are stalking all about the bridge and campsites, windfall the workmen instead of eats. He tries a number of different methods to get rid of them, but the beasts always feel to know what Patterson is doing and keep away fr... om being shot. After 30 men set up been killed Patterson's boss recruits a huntsman, Charles Remington to hunt down and interfere with the lions. But the lions continue fatiguing the workmen until they flee the camps, jumping onto the succession as it rolls through Tsavo. Now Remington, Patterson and his aide requirement face these bright yet intimidating monsters alone.
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Ripping yarn
I read the book 'Man-Eaters of Tsavo' by Colonel Patterson when I was 14 and thought it was one of the most exciting books I'd ever read. For me, the film was great trip down memory lane. Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas both played their parts to perfection, but the lions were the real stars. This is the African version of 'Jaws', maybe not such a masterpiece, but extremely good none the less. Strongly recommended.
Ghost and the Darkness, The
In the early 20th century the race is on to build a Pan-African railway to exploit the Dark Continent further. The Imperialist Brits, represented by a bullying capitalist (Wilkinson) concerned only about a knighthood, hire Patterson (Kilmer) to oversee a vital bridge. He's willing but finds the job daunting, partly thanks to a marauding creature that kills workers, so they end up fleeing not working. Enter big-game hunter Remington (Douglas), who discovers that the problem is two deadly lions - the Ghost and the Darkness. Glossy, derivative, superficial, old-fashioned entertainment redeemed by the sum of the parts adding up to more than the whole.
Ghost and the Darkness, The
The British Empire's steaming onwards across East Africa is stalled by two lions that inflict such devil on the natives...
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