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IMDb rating 6.8
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Critic Neil Jeffries
rated 6

This should have been Jaws meets Alien meets Out Of Africa.

Read full review at Empire

Cast & Crew

Stephen Hopkins
Director
Om Puri
As Abdullah
Tom Wilkinson
As Sir Robert Beaumont
Val Kilmer
As Col. John Henry Patterson
Michael Douglas
As Charles Remington
Bernard Hill
As Dr. David Hawthorne

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The Ghost and the Darkness is a thrilling adventure film set in 1896 East Africa. British engineer John Henry Patterson (Val Kilmer) is tasked with building a railway bridge, but his project is sabotaged by a pair of man-eating lions known as "the Ghost" and "the Darkness." Patterson and famed hunter Charles Remington (Michael Douglas) team up to take down the beasts, but their mission is complicated by the lions' cunning tactics and seemingly supernatural abilities. As the death toll rises, Patterson and Remington must confront their own fears and limitations in a desperate bid to stop the killers and complete the bridge. With heart-pumping action, stunning cinematography, and a gripping true story, The Ghost and the Darkness will keep you on the edge of your seat.

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The Ghost and the Darkness was released in theaters on October 11, 1996.