The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
**½
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Cast: Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Bernard Hill
A fictionalised true story about two man-eating lions who terrorised a group of bridge builders in Kenya in the late 19th century. The tension builds nicely as we hear a growl in the dark or see glimpses of the mane in the grass, but when the cats are out, there is nothing left to hold our attention. In the second half Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas chase the lions in increasingly preposterous set pieces.
