Enjoyable and entertaining in a passive sort of way. Kilmer's performance makes the film.
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01/09/03
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... [More]
Starring: Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas, John Kani, Om Puri
Director: Stephen Hopkins
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Reviews for The Ghost and the Darkness
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01/04/03
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11/06/02
Provides us with an unforgettable primal encounter with the mysterious other.
08/28/02
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07/02/02
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07/02/02
Top CriticA compelling experience because it is true and because it is photographed with such panoramic intensity.
06/26/02
The picture is too lightweight, too posturing and too self-important to go in an introspective direction.
06/18/02
Top CriticA rousingly effective 'man versus beast' yarn in the great tradition of Jaws and Moby Dick.
06/05/02
Ranges in quality from adolescent boys' adventure stories to Heart of Darkness.
04/12/02
Top CriticWhen the movie sticks to fact, the result is a hypnotic spectacle.
05/12/01
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02/27/01
Can't transcend a too-familiar script.
02/14/01
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01/01/00
A familiar tale, well told.
01/01/00
The main failure of the script is a complete lack of tension.
01/01/00
The real feature of this Stephen Hopkins-directed, William Goldman-scripted yarn are the gross and gory attacks, which explode at well-timed thrill intervals throughout.
01/01/00
The Ghost And the Darkness keeps you waiting, and waiting, and waiting... and it just never revs up.
01/01/00
The camerawork is frenetic and confusing, and the big confrontations are as likely to provoke unintentional laughter as edge-of-the-seat excitement.
01/01/00
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