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

1998 · 1h 49m
  • 51%
Director Stephen Hopkins

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The Ghost and the Darkness

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

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Average 5.3
Reviews 51
Fresh 26
Rotten 25

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
1998
Run Time
1 hr 49 min
Rated
R
Regions of Origin
United States, Germany
© 1996 Bernina Film AG, All Rights reserved

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), French (France) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), French (France) , Korean

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.