The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Directed by Stephen Hopkins · 109 min · Adventure, Thriller, History
35.3 TOPICAL score · #3,068 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996, directed by Stephen Hopkins) has a TOPICAL score of 35.3 - ranked 3,068 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and awards, and lowest on critics. It won 1 award from 1 nomination, including the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing. Critics: 50% on Rotten Tomatoes · 5.4/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.9/10 (1,211 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 32 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics50% on Rotten Tomatoes · 5.4/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.9/10 (1,211 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 32 languages
- Still read43,964 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Michael Douglas (actor #242), Val Kilmer (actor #746), Tom Wilkinson (actor #172), John Kani