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 has generally received positive reviews.
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The Ghost and the Darkness was released in 1996 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 534 reviews, giving The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 53%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Ghost and the Darkness than critics were.
With a score of 67%, The Ghost and the Darkness is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1996 with similar scores include films like The Frighteners, Courage Under Fire and Talk to Me.
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