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The Ghost and the Darkness

1996

Stephen Hopkins

Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, Om Puri ...

5.8

7,997

Adventure 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"An african adventure that makes the Tarzan movies look subtle and realistic. It lacks even the usual charm of being so bad it's funny (…) Rating: ½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Is the rare Hollywood action-adventure that becomes more surprising and exotic as it moves along. While it begins on an unpromisingly starchy note, the film soon picks up speed, color and nicely nonchalant humor"	POS
United States	Leonard Klady Variety	"A classy, high-gloss yarn with sterling production values, fine performances and breathtaking vistas (...) The picture’s conclusion doesn’t really provide catharsis"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[The script] is based on fact, and when the movie sticks to fact (...) the result is a hypnotic spectacle (...) Hopkins, unfortunately, won’t leave well enough alone (...) doesn’t trust the vivid truth"	NEU
United States	John Krewson AV Club	"The stunning beauty of Africa is shot with all the sensitivity and grandeur of a 10-cent postcard (...) This forgettable movie doesn't have any messages, or anything else, at all."	NEG
United Kingdom	Neil Jeffries Empire	"You will jump out of your seat then wince at every kill, but you won't leave the cinema thinking you've seen a classic. Which is a crying shame (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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