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The Ghost and the Darkness

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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

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Reviews Counted:44

Fresh:23

Rotten:21

Average Rating:5.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Based on a true story, THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS takes place in Africa during the late 1890s and concerns two ferocious lions who killed 130 railroad construction workers in only two months. A... Based on a true story, THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS takes place in Africa during the late 1890s and concerns two ferocious lions who killed 130 railroad construction workers in only two months. A pair of courageous men, no-nonsense engineer John Patterson (Val Kilmer) and rugged hunter Charles Remington (Michael Douglas), set out to shoot the creatures, known as the Ghost and the Darkness. Making their task even harder is the two animals un-lionlike behavior--they kill in tandem, attack in the daylight, and show no fear of anything. Soon the hunters become the hunted.... [More]

Starring: Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas, John Kani, Om Puri

Starring: Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas, John Kani, Om Puri, Tom Wilkinson, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie, Emily Mortimer, Henry Cele

Director: Stephen Hopkins

Director: Stephen Hopkins
Screenwriter: William Goldman
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd, A. Kitman Ho, Paul B. Radin

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atmospheric but uneven thriller

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11/08/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

This should have been Jaws meets Alien meets Out Of Africa. But instead ends up being a far more tepid version of all three.

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05/06/06
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A scenery-chewing Michael Douglas is the highlight of this passable landlocked variation of Jaws.

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10/06/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

Effectively wipes out the lion's cuddly image from The Lion King and reinstates its rep as the fearsome king of the jungle.

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09/10/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

It sounds like it might be a good movie, but it ain't.

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08/25/05
Kevin Carr
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Emanuel Levy
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Thomas Delapa
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Boulder Weekly
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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A roaring adventure.

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01/28/05
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
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08/30/04
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Gets a bit weird and boring. Both stars can do better.

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04/03/04
Willie Waffle
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09/29/03
Ryan Cracknell
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08/19/03
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

An exciting man vs. nature adventure that falls short of terrifying because William Goldman's script is too reminiscent of Jaws.

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07/11/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
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Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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03/16/03
Robert Roten
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