The Ghost and the Darkness

The Ghost and the Darkness

Prey For The Hunters

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Release Date

10/11/1996

Runtime

109 mins

Overview

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$50,000,000

Revenue

$38,619,405

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A taut battle of wills between hunters and hunted in colonial Africa, where two apex predators, human and lion, become locked in an escalating, brutal dance of pursuit and terror.

Mood

Dread-soakedTenseEpic

Themes

ColonialismSurvivalObsessionPower

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

PainterlyHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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