In 1896, a construction engineer from the British Army, J.H. Patterson (Kilmer) is sent to build a railway bridge across Uganda's Tsavo River for the British East African Railway. Soon after he arrives, workmen begin to disappear at night from their tents - never to be seen alive again. The engineer soon discovers that a pair of man-eating lions are stalking around the bridge and campsites, killing the workmen for food. He tries a number of different methods to get rid of them, but the beasts always seem to know what Patterson is doing and avoid being shot. After 30 men have been killed Patter... son's boss recruits a hunter, Charles Remington (Douglas) to hunt down and destroy the lions. But the lions continue killing the workmen until they flee the camps, jumping onto the train as it rolls through Tsavo. Now Remington, Patterson & his aide (John Kani) must face these brilliant yet frightening monsters alone.Read moreLess
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.
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 progress across East Africa is stalled by two lions that wreak such terror on the natives...
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.
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