The Ghost and the Darkness; An interesting tale of two lions in Africa that prove to be unstoppable in their attempt to stop Kilmer's bridge builder from doing his job. Though the movie moves along with very little left to the imagination it still manages to captivate. This movie won an Oscar for sound effects editing, and I can see why, as the suspense and terror is built around the silence and the slaughter, all wrapped in great sound. The visuals don't seem quite as scary, but the set-ups to kill the lions are interesting. The way the Native workers fear the animals shows a White man's stupidity at first but then makes them seem foolish themselves, in the way Western films do. Douglas doesn't seem right for his part and tries to give it more than it calls for. Kilmer seems good; B-
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