The Ghost and the Darkness
Taste attributes: adventuredramathrilleranimalsfastfresh & originalrealisticintricatelinearglossycomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
"Prey For The Hunters"
Boxlist takeExpect an inventive, realistic adventure film, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow
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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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Adventure
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Constellation Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
