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Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped only with their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, they are determined to triumph over impossible odds and reach their destination. But along the way, the trio face a primitive desert wilderness.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes42%
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
66 audience votes
Key crew
- Mikael SalomonDirector
- Robert CaswellScreenplay
- Jonathan HensleighScreenplay
- Sally RobinsonScreenplay
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Reese WitherspoonNonnie Parker
- Ethan EmbryHarry Winslow
- Jack ThompsonJohn Ricketts
- Sarel BokXhabbo
- Robert John BurkePaul Parker
- Patricia KalemberElizabeth Parker
- Daniel GerrollJohn Winslow
- Maximilian SchellCol. Mopani Theron
- Miles AndersonJardin
- Fidelis ChezaTracker
- Taffy ChihotaWarden Robert
- Anthony ChinyangaDoctor
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Themes
africacoming of agesurvivalmurderexplosionteenage lovekalaharibushmanfirst loveafrican bushanimal welfarekalahari desert