The Ghost and the Darkness
British engineer Colonel John Patterson is sent to the East African wilds to construct a vast railroad bridge. But instead of focusing his attention on the bridge, Patterson ends up fighting a pair of man-slaughtering lions with the help of an Africanized great white hunter.
1 December 1971, London, England, UK
30 January 1949, Durban, South Africa
1962, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
5 February 1948, Wharfedale, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
17 December 1944, Manchester, England, UK
31 December 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 January 1965, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
October 06, 2005
A scenery-chewing Michael Douglas is the highlight of this passable landlocked variation of Jaws.
August 25, 2005
It sounds like it might be a good movie, but it ain't.
May 12, 2001
When the movie sticks to fact, the result is a hypnotic spectacle.
November 08, 2004
atmospheric but uneven thriller
January 01, 2000
Despite mumbo jumbo about the lions being supernatural demons unleashed by the imperialistic white man, it's nothing more than Jaws with claws.
April 12, 2002
Ranges in quality from adolescent boys' adventure stories to Heart of Darkness.
January 01, 2000
The camerawork is frenetic and confusing, and the big confrontations are as likely to provoke unintentional laughter as edge-of-the-seat excitement.
February 14, 2001
Can't transcend a too-familiar script.
September 10, 2005
Effectively wipes out the lion's cuddly image from The Lion King and reinstates its rep as the fearsome king of the jungle.
April 03, 2004
Gets a bit weird and boring. Both stars can do better.
June 18, 2002
The picture is too lightweight, too posturing and too self-important to go in an introspective direction.
January 28, 2005
A roaring adventure.
