The Ghost and the Darkness

1996 · directed by Stephen Hopkins

Rating

60/100

Hit

no

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, rates 60/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Michael Douglas
• Val Kilmer
• Tom Wilkinson
• John Kani
• Emily Mortimer
• Bernard Hill
• Brian McCardie
• Om Puri
• Jack Devnarain
• Henry Cele

Crew

• Vilmos Zsigmond — Director of Photography
• Robert Brown — Editor
• Roger Bondelli — Editor
• Steve Mirkovich — Editor
• Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer
• William Goldman — Screenplay

More from Stephen Hopkins

1. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) — 68/100
2. Race (2016) — 67/100
3. Judgment Night (1993) — 56/100
4. Under Suspicion (2000) — 56/100
5. Predator 2 (1990) — 54/100
6. Blown Away (1994) — 53/100

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