Overwiew :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.
www.boxoffice.com - : Boasting some of the most prestigious credentials of any film this year, ''The Ghost and the Darkness'' is a rousingly effective ''man versus beast'' yarn in the great tradition of ''Jaws'' and ''Moby Dick,'' filmed with the kind of flourish and raw, masculine bravado that would do the likes of John Huston proud. more...
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