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A Balasaur Score of 60 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 51%, Metacritic 46/100. Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Paramount+.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes51%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
1,189 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen HopkinsDirector
- William GoldmanScreenplay
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michael DouglasCharles Remington
- Val KilmerCol. John Henry Patterson
- Tom WilkinsonSir Robert Beaumont
- John KaniSamuel
- Emily MortimerHelena Patterson
- Bernard HillDr. David Hawthorne
- Brian McCardieAngus Starling
- Om PuriAbdullah
- Jack DevnarainNervous Sikh Orderly
- Henry CeleMahina
- Kurt EgelhofIndian Victim
- Satchu AnnamalaiWorker
Stills
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Themes
london, englandbased on novel or bookhunterafricalionanimal attackbridgebritish armybased on true storylion attackcolonialismswahili