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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 2992
Released: December 1, 1998 |
| Our Price: $6.14 |
| Used Price: $2.11 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
EAST AFRICA, 1896. TWO LIONS ON A MAN-EATING RAMPAGE HAVE SHUTDOWN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY. BIG-GAME HUNTER REMINGTON AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER PATTERSON SET OUT TO STOP THESE UNSTOPPABLE MONSTERS. BUT IN THIS ASTONISHING TALE OF MAN VS. BEAST, THE HUNTERS BECOME THE HUNTED.
Description of The Ghost and the Darkness:
Val Kilmer stars as Lt. Col. John Patterson, a 19th-century Irish engineer drafted by Britain's railroad bosses to build a trestle bridge over an African river, thus expanding the empire a tiny bit more. In Tsavo, Patterson is instantly hailed for killing a man-eating lion that had been making life hell for native workers. But morale sinks when a pair of unstoppable big cats devour more men and destroy the project. Along comes an Ahab-like, expatriate American hunter (Michael Douglas) to help Patterson face the almost preternatural powers of the two killers. The script by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) is based on fact, though the film owes more to Spielberg (specifically to Jaws) than history. There are also suggestive echoes of Kipling and Conrad in the material and characters, and there are hints of emotional complexity and psychological nuance that make one wish this could have been a great film instead of a merely fun one. --Tom Keogh
The Ghost and the Darkness Reviews:
The Ghost and the Darkness 
2009-12-20 - Wow. This movie keeps you glued to your seat and is hard to believe that it's a true story! I highly recommend it, but it's not be suitable for children because of the violence. It's definitely in my top rated movies!
Entertaining thriller based on a true account
2009-10-09 - I always liked this movie. The characters are well-developed, interesting, and although this is essentially a horror story, it has it's humorous moments. It's overall great entertainment. I think of it as "Jaws on Land."
Love this movie!
2009-10-05 - Great film. Val Kilmer is very good. Michael Douglas is a little weak but not enough so to ruin the film. Exciting true story.
Good movie 
2009-09-29 - What's freaky about this movie is that it's based on a true story and you can still see the lions stuffed in some museum in Chicago. What's great about this movie, is it's one of the first of it's kind. There have since been several "evil animal" movies that are ridiculous, but this one was true and original. Some pretty intense scenes in this!
Thriller
2009-08-06 - This awesome thriller is the best movie! And this seller stands behind his/her stuff. It arrived in perfect condition. Highly recommend!
